Ascarat
Azkarate | |
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Coordinates: 43°10′17″N 1°15′14″W / 43.1714°N 1.2539°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Montagne Basque |
Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Etchenique[1] |
Area 1 | 5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 339 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64066 /64220 |
Elevation | 120–446 m (394–1,463 ft) (avg. 161 m or 528 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ascarat (French pronunciation: [askaʁat]; Basque: Azkarate)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Ascarat is located in the former province of Lower Navarre in the Aldudes Valley immediately north-west of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Access to the commune is by the D918 road from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port which passes through the length of the commune on the eastern side and continues to Louhossoa. The D15 road goes north-west from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port through the southern part of the commune continuing to Irouléguy. Access to the village is by country roads - Garategana from the D15 and Learraa from the D918. There are substantial forests in the commune however about 70% of the land area is farmland.[6]
The Nive river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour at Bayonne. Three streams flow into the Nive in the commune: the Nive d'Arnéguy, the Nive de Béhérobie, the Berroko erreka, and the Pagolako erreka.[6]
The name Ascarat appears in the forms:
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated that the name is composed of aitz ("rock") and garate ("high place"), giving "a height of rocks".[8]
Chubitoa was a hamlet in Ascarat and Anhaux, mentioned in 1863[13]
Jauréguy was a fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre, cited in the 1863 dictionary[14] as was Larragoyen.[15]
The parish was mentioned in 1256 and was "ravaged by soldiers" in 1396.[16]
In 1391 Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry included the modern communes of Anhaux, Ascarat, Irouléguy, and Lasse.[17]
Blazon: Quarterly, at 1 Azure, a vine stalk leaved in Argent, fruited in Or; at 2 Argent an eagle rising of Sable on a mount of Vert; at 3 Argent with 2 fesses of Gules; at 4 Azure with a horse gai passant of Or surmounted by two mullets of Argent posed in fesse, a canton sinister of Gules charged with a sword of Argent.
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List of Successive Mayors[18]
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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1995 | 2020 | Jean-Michel Galant | AB | General Councillor |
2020 | 2026 | Philippe Etchenique |
The commune is part of nine inter-communal structures:[19]
In 2017 the commune had 321 inhabitants.
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The commune is part of the production zone of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) of Irouléguy and also of the AOC zone of Ossau-iraty.
Economic activity is mainly agricultural.
There are several houses and farms in the commune which are registered as historical monuments. These are:
The Church of Saint-Julien-d'Antioche is of medieval origin was heavily rebuilt in the 18th and 19th century.[26]