Ascarat Explained

Ascarat
Native Name:Azkarate
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Ascarat (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg
Arrondissement:Bayonne
Canton:Montagne Basque
Insee:64066
Postal Code:64220
Mayor:Philippe Etchenique[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Pays Basque
Coordinates:43.1714°N -1.2539°W
Elevation M:161
Elevation Min M:120
Elevation Max M:446
Area Km2:5.82

Ascarat (in French pronounced as /askaʁat/;)[2] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

The inhabitants are known as Azkaratear.[3] [4]

Geography

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.[5]

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.[5]

Places and hamlets

[6]

Toponymy

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".[7]

Chubitoa was a hamlet in Ascarat and Anhaux, mentioned in 1863[12]

Jauréguy was a fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre, cited in the 1863 dictionary[13] as was Larragoyen.[14]

The commune name in basque is Azkarate.[2] [4]

History

The parish was mentioned in 1256 and was "ravaged by soldiers" in 1396.[15]

In 1391 Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry included the modern communes of Anhaux, Ascarat, Irouléguy, and Lasse.[16]

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[17]

From To Name Party Position
1995 2020 Jean-Michel Galant General Councillor
2020 2026 Philippe Etchenique

Inter-communality

The commune is part of nine inter-communal structures:[18]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 321 inhabitants.

Economy

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.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

There are several houses and farms in the commune which are registered as historical monuments. These are:

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Julien-d'Antioche is of medieval origin was heavily rebuilt in the 18th and 19th century.[23]

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/azkarate/ar-21407/ AZKARATE
  3. [Brigitte Jobbé-Duval]
  4. http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/index.php?option=com_eoda&view=toponimia&Itemid=471&nonkodea=6.4&lang=fr Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language
  5. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ascarat/@43.1782749,-1.2510074,6652m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd512a109eff9919:0x3d2f6faccc832c78?hl=en Google Maps
  6. http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-1.2539,43.1714&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail
  7. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006,
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
  9. Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda
  10. Derecho de naturaleza que la merindad de San-Juan-del-pie-del-puerto, una de las seys de Navarra, tiene en Castilla - 1622 petit in-4°
  11. Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  12. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
  13. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
  14. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
  15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  17. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22172 List of Mayors of France
  18. http://comdpt.pyrenees-atlantiques.pref.gouv.fr/ComDpt64/ComGrp.php?siren=216400663&licom=Ascarat Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

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