Bastanès () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.INSEE commune file
Geography Bastanès is in the former province of Béarn some 12 km east by south-east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn and some 13 km south of Orthez. Access to the commune is by the D947 road from Loubieng in the north which passes south-east through the western part of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Navarrenx. The D27 branches off the D947 near the village and goes north-west to Bugnein. The commune is mainly farmland in the south-west with the rest mixed forest and farmland.
The Gave d'Oloron forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Gave de Pau at Peyrehorade. The Saleys river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west to eventually join the Gave d'Oloron east of Saint-Pé-de-Léren. The Barthes stream rises just east of the village and flows north-west to join the Gave d'Oloron at Audaux. The Hérre river rises in the east of the commune and flows north-west to join the Saleys east of Castetbon.
Places and hamlets
Aresteron Banche Les Barthes Bernadou (ruins) Boussaque Briscain Les Camous Caulongue Les Coustères La Hittau Hourquet Laberdesque Labrenabe Lacoste Lanusse Laplacette Lassègue Lompré-de-Haut Manibelle Le Moulin La Plaine Puyounè Ribeton
Toponymy
The commune name in Gascon Occitan is also Bastanès. According to Michel Grosclaude the name comes from the gascon basta meaning "gorse" with an obscure suffix, probably giving "moorish terrain".
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Bastanès Bastanès 11th century Raymond Marca Village Bastenes 1375 Raymond Luntz Bastanees 1385 Raymond Notaries Bastannes 1540 Raymond Reformation Sanctus Laurentius de Bastanès 1608 Raymond Insinuations Baftanés 1750 Cassini Ba?tanés 1790 Cassini1 Bastanez 1801 Ldh/EHESS/Cassini Bulletin des Lois
Sources:
Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Cassini: 1750 Cassini Map Cassini1: 1790 Cassini Map Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:
Origins: Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.Pierre de Marca, Histoire de Bearn, La Veuve Jean Camusat, 1640, 850 pages Luntz: Contracts retained by LuntzContracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn, in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Notaries: Notaries of NavarrenxDepartmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of OloronManuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History Paul Raymond noted on page 23 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Bastanès had 28 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2014 Jacques Langla 2014 2026 Thierry Gère
Intercommunality The commune is part of five inter-communal structures: the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves; the AEP association of Navarrenx; the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; the tax collection association of Navarrenx; the inter-communal association of the Gaves and the Saleys.
Demography
Economy Economic activity is mainly agricultural - livestock, pastures, and corn. The commune is included in the Appellation d'origine contrôlée of Ossau-iraty
Culture and heritage
Religious heritage The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (1860) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Sports The commune was on the route of the 16th stage of the Tour de France in 2007 on the 25 July. The stage was 218 km from Orthez to the Col d'Aubisque at Gourette.
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
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