Bassussarry (; ; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.INSEE commune file

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Basusartars.Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Geography Bassussary is located in the former province of Labourd and within the urban area of Bayonne some 5 km south-east of Biarritz and 4 km south by south-west of Bayonne. Access to the commune is by the D932 road from Anglet in the north which passes through the commune on the eastern side and continues south to Ustaritz. The town is in the west of the commune and can be accessed by the D254 road which branches from the D932 on the northern border of the commune and continues through the town west to join the D810 south-west of Biarritz Airport. The D3 comes from the A63 autoroute Exit (Bayonne-Sud) to the town then south forming the western border of the commune and continuing to Arcangues. South-east of the town is another urban area of Betbeder. Much of the commune is urbanised with some areas of forest and meadows. The eastern part next to the D932 contains an industrial estate.

Two bus services pass through and have stops in the commune operated by Transports 64: Service 860 Bayonne to Cambo-les-Bains Service 880 Bayonne to Arbonne

The commune lies in the drainage basin of the Adour with the Nive river forming the whole eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour. The Ruisseau d'Urdains flows from a small lake just south of the commune northwards, forming the north-eastern border of the commune, before joining the Nive in the north-eastern corner. The Ruisseau de Harrieta flows from the south-west of the commune to the north-east joining the Ruisseau d'Urbaine near the D932. The Ruisseau de Pétaboure rises in the north-west of the commune and forms the northern border as it flows east to join the Ruisseau de Harrieta in the commune.

Places and Hamlets

Axerimendi Behikenea Betbeder Borda Nasa Bordaberria Castanche Dorriotz Harrieta Juanita Juantipi Larrebure Lataste Luberri Martinaskoenea Moussans Oihenart Peillé Penen Portukoborda Urdains (château) la Vigne Xemeto

Toponymy The commune name in Basque is Basusarri.Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed a structure of baso meaning "forest" and sarri meaning "dense" or "tight" giving the overall meaning of "dense forest".Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, , p. 30-31

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Bassussarry Bila-nave quœ vocatur Bassessarri 1150 Raymond Bayonne Village bila nave que nunc dicitur bassessarri 1170 Orpustan Bassessarri 1186 Raymond Bayonne Bacessari 1256 Raymond Bayonne Bassissari 13th century Raymond Bayonne Bassissarri 1265 Orpustan Sanctus Bartholomeus de Bassussary 1768 Raymond Collations Bassussarits 1771 Raymond Collations Bassussary 1801 Raymond Bulletin des Lois Bassussarri 1926 Lhande Urdains Urdaidz 1255 Raymond Bayonne Chateau Urdainz 1402 Raymond Navarre Ourdains 1739 Raymond Register

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 Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Lhande: Pierre Lhande, Basque-French Dictionary, 1926 Register: Church Register of BayonneManuscripts from the 18th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Origins: Bayonne: Cartulary of Bayonne or Livre d'Or (Book of Gold)Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Collations: Collations of the Diocese of BayonneManuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Navarre: Titles of the Kingdom of NavarreTitles of the Kingdom of Navarre in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Bassussarry appears as Baßußarry on the 1750 Cassini Map and does not appear at all on the 1790 version.

History

During the Peninsular War on 10 December 1813 Bassussarry was the scene of a battle between General Suchet and the Spanish-English.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1820 Pierre Michel Larre 1850 Charles Larre 1995 2020 Paul Baudry 2020 2026 Michel Lahorgue

Intercommunality

Bassussarry is one of nine inter-communal structures:

the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; the SIVOM of Arbonne-Arcangues-Bassussarry; the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; the inter-communal association for the management of the Txakurrak centre; the inter-communal association to support Basque culture; the joint association for the management of drinking water Ura; the joint association for collective and non-collective sanitation Ura the joint association of maritime Nive; the joint association of the drainage basin of the Nive.

Bassussarry is the seat of the SIVOM Arbonne-Arcangues-Bassussarry

The commune is part of the Bayonne-San Sebastián Eurocity.

Demography

Education The commune has a public primary school.Schools in Bassussarry

Economy The commune is in the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélemy (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

Language According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces by Louis Lucien Bonaparte the Basque spoken in Bassussarry is Northern Upper Navarrese dialect.

Notable people linked to the commune Dominique Joseph Garat, born in 1749 at Bayonne and died in 1833 at Bassussarry, was a lawyer, journalist, and French philosopher. He was elected to the Académie française in 1803. Christophe-Louis Légasse, born in 1859 at Bassussarry and died in 1931 at Périgueux, was a French Catholic Prelate, successively Apostolic prefect in Saint Pierre and Miquelon from 1899 to 1915, Bishop of Oran from 1915 to 1920, and Bishop of Périgueux from 1920 to 1931. Christophe Hondelatte, journalist born in 1962 at Bayonne, grew up in Bassussarry.Interview with Christophe Hondelatte by the Journal du Pays basque on 24 January 2009 "I, who grew up in Bassussaury..."

See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

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