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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Gave et Coteaux

Area
  
215 ha

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Pau-Sud

Population (2009)
  
609

Arrondissement
  
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Aressy (Arèci in Occitan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Contents

Map of 64320 Aressy, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arésyiens or Arésyiennes

Geography

Aressy is located four kilometres south-east of Pau within the urban area of Pau. Access to the commune is by the D937 road from Pau which continues south-east to Meillon.

The Idelis bus route P23 stops at Aressy Clinic at Pôle Bosquet. The commune is also served by Route 835 of the Interurban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Transports 64) between Bénéjacq and Pau, and by Route 805 between Lourdes and Pau.

Much of the commune is residential with some farmland and a large lake in the south.

The Gave de Pau flows north-west through the western part of the commune and the Lagoin flows through the centre of the commune before joining the Gave de Pau just north-west of the commune.

Places and Hamlets

  • Las Costes
  • Labielle
  • Marque
  • Matachot
  • Le Saligat

    • Toponymy

    Its name in Bearnais is Aressi (according to the classical norm of Occitan).

    Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicates that the place name could come from the Basque, meaning "place where there are rocks" which would confirm the hypothesis by Michel Grosclaude of ar- ("stone or rock") with the Basque locative suffix -etz transformed into -esse.

    The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

    Sources:

  • Jobbé: Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini database (French)

    • Origins:

  • Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar
  • Military: Military Inspection of Béarn
  • Census: Census of Béarn
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn

    • History

    Paul Raymond noted on page 9 of his dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. In 1385 Aressy had nine fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    Aressy is part of nine inter-communal structures:

  • the Public agency of local management;
  • the Community of communes Gave et Coteaux;
  • the AEP association for the Jurançon region;
  • the defense against floods association for the Lagoin catchment area;
  • the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal associatuion for the Narcastet leisure centre;
  • the inter-communal association for defense against flooding of the Gave de Pau;
  • the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES of Bizanos;
  • the Joint association for urban transport Pau - Porte des Pyrenees

    • Demography

    In 2009 the commune had 609 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

    Population Change (See database)

    Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

    Aressy is part of the urban area of Pau.

    Economy

    The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

    Religious heritage

    The Parish Church of Saint Denys (1874) is registered as an historical monument.

    References

    Aressy Wikipedia
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