| Aressy | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Pau |
| Canton: | Ouzom, Gave et Rives du Neez |
| Insee: | 64041 |
| Postal Code: | 64320 |
| Mayor: | Claude Ferrato[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées |
| Coordinates: | 43.2772°N -0.3231°W |
| Elevation M: | 241 |
| Elevation Min M: | 179 |
| Elevation Max M: | 244 |
| Area Km2: | 2.15 |
Aressy (in French pronounced as /aʁɛsi/; Occitan (post 1500);: Arèssi) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the urban area (unité urbaine) of Pau.[2]
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.[3]
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.
Its name in Bearnais is Aressi (according to the classical norm of Occitan).
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[4] 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.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aressy | Aressa | 1010 | Jobbé | Village | |||
| Aressa | 1101 | Raymond | |||||
| Aresi | 12th century | Raymond | |||||
| Arecii | 1376 | Raymond | Military | ||||
| Eressi | 1385 | Raymond | Census | ||||
| Arecii | 1538 | Raymond | Reformation | ||||
| Arressii | 1546 | Raymond | Reformation | ||||
| Aressy | 1750 | Cassini | |||||
| Arressy | 1793 | Ldh/EHESS/Cassini | |||||
| Le Junca | Le Junca | 1863 | Raymond | Place | |||
| Les Pelades | Les Pelades | 1863 | Raymond | Place | |||
| Le Saliga | Le Saliga | 1863 | Raymond | Moor | |||
| Le Tuquet | Le Tuquet | 1863 | Raymond | Wood |
Sources:
Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. [5]
Origins:
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.[5]
List of Successive Mayors[11]
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2001 | Monique Lanusse-Cazalé | ||
| 2001 | 2026 | Claude Ferrato |
Aressy is part of nine inter-communal structures:
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arésyiens or Arésyiennes in French.[12]
The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty.
The Parish Church of Saint Denys (1874) is registered as an historical monument.[13]