Bassussarry

Bassussarry (Basque: Basusarri) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.[2]

Bassussarry

Basusarri
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Bassussarry
Bassussarry
Bassussarry
Coordinates: 43°26′50″N 1°30′38″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonUstaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Paul Baudry
Area
1
7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,126
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64100 /64200
Elevation2–85 m (6.6–278.9 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Basusartars.[3]

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  5  (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.[4][5]

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.[4][5]

Places and Hamlets[5]
  • Axerimendi
  • Behikenea
  • Betbeder
  • Borda Nasa
  • Bordaberria
  • Castanche
  • Dorriotz
  • Harrieta
  • Juanita
  • Juantipi
  • Larrebure
  • Lataste
  • Luberri
  • Martinaskoenea
  • Moussans
  • Oihenart
  • Peillé
  • Penen
  • Portukoborda
  • Urdains (château)[6]
  • la Vigne
  • Xemeto

Toponymy

The commune name in Basque is Basusarri.[7] Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed a structure of baso meaning "forest" and sarri meaning "dense" or "tight" giving the overall meaning of "dense forest".[8]

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

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
BassussarryBila-nave quœ vocatur Bassessarri1150Raymond
23
BayonneVillage
bila nave que nunc dicitur bassessarri1170Orpustan
30
Bassessarri1186Raymond
23
Bayonne
Bacessari1256Raymond
23
Bayonne
Bassissari13th centuryRaymond
23
Bayonne
Bassissarri1265Orpustan
30
Sanctus Bartholomeus de Bassussary1768Raymond
23
Collations
Bassussarits1771Raymond
23
Collations
Bassussary1801RaymondBulletin des Lois
Bassussarri1926Lhande
UrdainsUrdaidz1255Raymond
171
BayonneChateau
Urdainz1402Raymond
171
Navarre
Ourdains1739Raymond
171
Register

Sources:

Origins:

Bassussarry appears as Baßußarry on the 1750 Cassini Map[13] and does not appear at all on the 1790 version.[14]

History

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

Heraldry
Arms of Bassussarry
 Blazon:

Party per pale, at 1 Gules 2 wood pigeons Argent in pale; at 2 Vert 3 oak leaves Argent 2 and 1; in chief Sable charged with a fess wavy Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[15]

FromToNamePartyPosition
1820Pierre Michel Larre
1850Charles Larre
19952020Paul Baudry

(Not all data is known)

Intercommunality

Bassussarry is one of nine inter-communal structures:

  • the Errobi community of communes;
  • 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

In 2010 the commune had 2,405 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
263 224 276 342 332 382 424 447 411
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
456 467 486 398 452 401 366 358 384
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
420 404 386 331 343 342 342 331 349
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
350 483 715 890 1,056 1,817 2,316 2,405 -
The War Memorial plaque in the church
Population of Bassussarry

Education

The commune has a public primary school.[16]

Economy

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

Culture and heritage
The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélemy
The Interior of the Church
Basque Hilarri in the Cemetery

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélemy (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.[17]

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.[18]

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually and the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Bassussarry on Lion1906
  3. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  4. Bassussarry on Google Maps
  5. Bassussarry on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (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. Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (in French)
  8. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4, p. 30-31 (in French)
  9. Manuscripts from the 18th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. Titles of the Kingdom of Navarre in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. Baßußarry on the 1750 Cassini Map
  14. Bassussarry on the 1790 Cassini Map
  15. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  16. Schools in Bassussarry (in French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000718 Church of Saint Barthélemy (in French)
  18. Interview with Christophe Hondelatte by the Journal du Pays basque on 24 January 2009 "I, who grew up in Bassussaury..." (in French)
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