Bastanès

Bastanès is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.[2]

Bastanès
Commune
The main street
Location of Bastanès
Bastanès
Bastanès
Coordinates: 43°20′55″N 0°46′09″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonLe Cœur de Béarn
IntercommunalityBéarn des Gaves
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Thierry Gère
Area
1
5.26 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
99
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64099 /64190
Elevation99–265 m (325–869 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[3][4]

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.[3][4]

Places and hamlets[4]
  • 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
Exit from Bastanès

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".[5]

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

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
BastanèsBastanès11th centuryRaymond
23
MarcaVillage
Bastenes1375Raymond
23
Luntz
Bastanees1385Raymond
23
Notaries
Bastannes1540Raymond
23
Reformation
Sanctus Laurentius de Bastanès1608Raymond
23
Insinuations
Baftanés1750Cassini
Ba?tanés1790Cassini1
Bastanez1801Ldh/EHESS/CassiniBulletin des Lois

Sources:

Origins:

  • Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.[9]
  • Luntz: Contracts retained by Luntz[10]
  • Notaries: Notaries of Navarrenx[11]
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[12]
  • Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron[13]

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.[6]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[14]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952014Jacques Langla
20142020Thierry Gère

(Not all data is known)

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

In 2017 the commune had 99 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 203—    
1800 200−0.21%
1821 250+1.07%
1831 243−0.28%
1836 287+3.38%
1841 288+0.07%
1846 289+0.07%
1851 275−0.99%
1856 271−0.29%
1861 243−2.16%
1866 230−1.09%
1872 227−0.22%
1876 231+0.44%
1881 231+0.00%
1886 226−0.44%
1891 250+2.04%
1896 243−0.57%
1901 234−0.75%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 227−0.61%
1911 211−1.45%
1921 169−2.20%
1926 152−2.10%
1931 147−0.67%
1936 140−0.97%
1946 122−1.37%
1954 129+0.70%
1962 136+0.66%
1968 143+0.84%
1975 132−1.14%
1982 143+1.15%
1990 105−3.79%
1999 97−0.88%
2007 100+0.38%
2012 102+0.40%
2017 99−0.60%
Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]

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
The Church of Saint-Laurent

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (1860) is registered as an historical monument.[17]

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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Bastanès on Lion1906
  3. Bastanès on Google Maps
  4. Bastanès on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  5. Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3(in French)
  6. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  7. Baftanés on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. Ba?tanés on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. Pierre de Marca, Histoire de Bearn, La Veuve Jean Camusat, 1640, 850 pages (in French)
  10. Contracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn, in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  15. Données Cassini, EHESS
  16. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000570 Church of Saint-Laurent (in French)
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