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Aydius
Aydius (; oc, Aidius) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Geography Aydius is located some 25 km south by south-east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie just east of Bedous. Access to the commune is by the D237 road from Bedous which goes to the village and terminates there. The commune is alpine in nature with extensive forests, rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains in the east. The ''Gabarret'' river rises in the east of the commune and flows west gathering a large number of tributaries including the ''Ruisseau d'Arces'', the Ruisseau du Saslars, the Gave de Béranfueil, the ''Gave de Bouren'', the ''Ruisseau d'Ilhiec'', the ''Ruisseau Sarité'', the ''Ruisseau de Traillère'', and the ''Ruisseau de Sahun'' (which forms part of the western border of the commune) before flowing west to join the Gave d'Aspe at Bedous. Places and hamlets * Anire * L'Ardoisière * Arès (barn) * Arques (forest) * Las Arretorte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accous
Accous is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Geography Location Accous is located some 30 km south of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Aspe Valley, one of the three valleys of the High-Béarn, the other valleys being the Ossau Valley in the east and Barétous valley in the west. From the Spanish border on its southern edge, it stretches along Le Labadie river to the point where it joins the Gave d'Aspe. From this river junction, the Gave d'Aspe forms the western border of the rest of the commune which extends a further 10 kilometres to the east with the Lac du Montagnon at the northeastern edge. Access The commune is accessed from the north by the E7 motorway. This highway follows the western border of the commune along the Gave d'Aspe then crosses the narrow neck of the commune before continuing to the Spanish border near Candanchu. To access Accous village it is necessary to follow one of a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aydie
Aydie (; oc, Aidia) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Geography Aydie is located some 40 km north-east of Pau and 15 km east of Garlin. The northern border of the commune is the departmental border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gers and the eastern border is the border with Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by the D292 road from Aubous to Arrosès which passes south through the west of the commune. The D317 branches off the D205 west of the commune and goes east through the commune to the village then continues east, changing to the D548 at the border, to join the D48. The commune is mainly farmland with scattered forests in the west. The ''Sager'' river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour at Saint-Mont. Several streams rise in the west of the commune and flow east to join the Sager including the ''Boutigué'' which forms part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department
The following is a list of the 546 Communes of France, communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées *Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque *Communauté de communes Adour Madiran (partly) *Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves *Communauté de communes du Haut Béarn *Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez *Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn *Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn *Communauté de communes du Pays de Nay (partly) *Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau References |
Gave D'Aspe
The Gave d'Aspe is a torrential river flowing through the Aspe Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the southwest of France. It is long. It is formed in the ''Aspe Cirque'', below the Aspe peak, elevation , in Spain. After joining the Gave d'Ossau, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, it forms the Gave d'Oloron. Main tributaries * (R) ''Arnousse'' * (L) ''Gave de Baralet'' * (R) ''Sescouet'' * (L) ''Gave de Bélonce'' * (R) ''Escuarpe'', in Cette-Eygun * (L) ''Gave de Lescun'' * (R) ''Berthe'', from Accous * (L) ''Malugar'', from Athas * (L) ''Arricq d'Osse'' * (R) ''Gabarret'', aka ''Gave d'Aydius'' * (R) ''Barrescou'', from the Marie-Blanque Pass * (L) '' Lourdios'' * (R) ''Ourtau'' Départements and towns * Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laruns
Laruns (; oc, Laruntz) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is situated at the confluence of two mountain streams, the Gave d'Ossau and its tributary, the Valentin. Formerly part of the province of Béarn, Laruns is now within the ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, itself in France's Nouvelle-Aquitaine ''région''. It forms part of the ''arrondissement'' of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, and of the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2. Geography Laruns is geographically the third-largest commune in metropolitan France, after Arles and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. It includes a large area of upland, around and between the Gave d'Ossau and its tributaries, stretching as far as the border with Spain at the Col du Pourtalet, to the south of the village of Laruns. The principal artery of communications through the ''commune'' is the D934 road, which runs south from the town of Pau, to the north, to the Col du Pourtalet. The D918 road br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossau-iraty
Ossau-Iraty is an Occitan-Basque cheese made from sheep milk. Origin Ossau-Iraty or Esquirrou is produced in south-western France, in the Northern Basque Country and in Béarn. Its name reflects its geographical location, the Ossau Valley in Béarn and the Irati Forest in the Basque Country. AOC status It has been recognized as an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) product since 1980. It is one of three sheep's milk cheeses granted AOC status in France (the others are Roquefort and Brocciu). It is of ancient origin, traditionally made by the shepherds in the region. Production Production techniques are very much in the essence of old world methods whereby the sheep still graze mountain pastures. The milk must come from the breeds Basco-béarnaise, Red-face Manech, or Black-face Manech. This is an uncooked cheese made through pressing. When offered as a farm-produced cheese (known as ''fromage fermier'', ''fromage de ferme'' or ''produit fermier'') the AOC regulations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appellation D'origine Contrôlée
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication primarily used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown, although other types of food often have appellations as well. Restrictions other than geographical boundaries, such as what grapes may be grown, maximum grape yields, alcohol level, and other quality factors may also apply before an appellation name may legally appear on a wine bottle label. The rules that govern appellations are dependent on the country in which the wine was produced. History The tradition of wine appellation is very old. The oldest references are to be found in the Bible, where ''wine of Samaria'', ''wine of Carmel'', ''wine of Jezreel'', or ''wine of Helbon'' are mentioned. This tradition of appellation continued throughout the Antiquity and the Middle Ages, though without any officially sanctioned rules. Historically, the world's first exclusive (protected) vineyard zone was introduced in Chianti, Italy in 1716 and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feu Fiscal
The term "feu" (French for "fire" from the Latin ''focus'' meaning ''hearth'') meant, especially in the Middle Ages, the hearth, first in the strict sense (the place where the fire burns) and figuratively: the family home (cf. the expression "without fire or place") or the family itself. Very quickly, it was used as the basic unit for assessment, calculation, and collection of tax and it was called the "feu fiscal" meaning "fire tax". Use of Taxes in the Middle Ages For tax allocation, the principle was to divide the total amount required to be collected by the number of fires, which necessitated a census of fires which was called "réel". The task was relatively simple to perform to the level of an urban district, however it took on a whole different scale in a rural area or across a kingdom. Thus, the King of France only made a single fire census in his territory – in 1328. Yet the result was incomplete as it excluded the great fiefs (e.g. Guyenne and Flanders) and some Appanages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscounts Of Béarn
The viscounts of Béarn (Basque: ''Bearno'', Gascon: ''Bearn'' or ''Biarn'') were the rulers of the viscounty of Béarn, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms the current ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64). Béarn is bordered by Basque provinces Soule and Lower Navarre to the west, by Gascony ( Landes and Armagnac) to the north, by Bigorre to the east, and by Spain (Aragon) to the south. List of Viscounts of Béarn House of Gascony Until 1251, probably all counts of Gascony descended from the House Gascony, head of the Duchy of Gascony. House of Montcada * 1170–1173 : 16th William I (married to Mary) * 1173–1215 : 17th Gaston VI the Good (son) * 1215–1223 : 18th William Raymond (brother of previous) * 1223–1229 : 19th William II (son) * 1229–1290 : 20th Gaston VII the Great (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lay Abbey
Lay may refer to: Places *Lay Range, a subrange of mountains in British Columbia, Canada *Lay, Loire, a French commune *Lay (river), France * Lay, Iran, a village *Lay, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community People * Lay (surname) * Lay Raksmey (born 1989), Cambodian footballer * Lay Zhang, Chinese rapper, music producer, actor, and member of the K-pop boy group Exo Poetry * A short ballad or lyrical poem * Heroic lay, a Germanic work of narrative verse * Breton lay * ''lai'' (poetic form), a medieval French lay Other uses * Lay Dam, Alabama, United States * Lea (unit), obsolete unit of length sometimes spelled "Lay" * LA-Y, Yoshinobu Launch Complex, in Tanegashima, Japan * A characteristic of material surface finish * In betting, see Betting exchange § Backing and laying See also * * Lay's, a potato-chip brand name and company * Laity * Ley (other) * Lai (other) Lai or LAI may refer to: Abbreviations * Austrian Latin America Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cartography
The history of French cartography can be traced to developments in the Middle Ages. This period was marked by improvements in measuring instruments and also by an upgrade of work in registers of all types. What is thought to be the oldest land map in Europe, the Saint-Bélec slab, representing an area of the Odet valley, was found in 1900, and rediscovered in a castle cellar in France in 2014. The Bronze-Age stone is thought to be 4,000-years old. The first map of France was drawn by Oronce Finé and printed in woodcuts in 1525. It testifies to the will of the political power to mark its presence on the territory; to affirm, to build limits, borders, to arrange its territory, and to consolidate the internal economic markets. In the 16th century, Dieppe appeared as an important school of cartography. Pierre Desceliers allowed the realization of many maps. At the same time, the Portolan maps of the Portuguese sailors had the most recent knowledge obtained by the Dieppois sailors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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