Bacas (other)
Bacas may refer to: * Belgian Academy Council of Applied Sciences * Bazas, a commune of the Gironde département, in southwestern France See also *Baca (other) Baca may refer to: *Baca (surname), including a list of people with the name *Baca, Hungarian name of , a village in Romania *Baca, Yucatán, seat of Baca Municipality, Mexico * Baca County, Colorado *Baca Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico *Baca, the ...

Belgian Academy Council Of Applied Sciences
The Royal Belgian Academy Council of Applied Sciences (BACAS) is a Belgian council, which consists of the Flemish ''Academy Committee for Science and Technology'' (CAWET) and Walloon ''Comité de l'Académie pour les Applications de la Science'' (CAPAS) committees of the Flemish and French Academies of Science in Belgium. BACAS has ten members from the academy and ten from industry. The council studies the impact of technological development on society and provides advice for the Belgian government and leaders of industry. As of 2008 those two committees have become both two full classes of both academies, meaning that the members will become full members, nominated by the King of Belgium, of the academy. For the French-speaking Academy, CAPAS became the Class of Technology and Society, while CAWET became the Class of Technical Sciences. See also * Academia Belgica * Academia Europaea * European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering (Euro-CASE) * Flemish Council for Science ...
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Bazas
Bazas (; oc-gsc, Vasats) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Geography Bazas stands on a narrow promontory above the Beuve valley 60 km/37 mi southeast of Bordeaux and 40 km/25 mi southwest of Marmande. History As ''Cossio'', it was capital of the ancient tribe of the ''Vasates'', and under the Romans one of the twelve cities of Novempopulania, when it was known as ''Civitas Vasatica'' In later times it was capital of the district of Bazadais, and was the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Bazas from at least the beginning of the 6th century until 1790. And for 250 years prior to 1057, the Bishop of Bazas bore the title of Bishop of Aire, Dax, Bayonne, Oloron and Lescar. According to Gregory of Tours, Bazas had a bishop at the time of the Vandal invasion in the 5th century. The dedication of the cathedral to St. John the Baptist is explained in an account given by the same historian that a lady of Bazas, whom certain hag ...
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