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. The D918 also comes from Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the north and passes through the north of the commune between two urban areas and continuing east to

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, a mountain iconic of the Basque country, is situated approximately south of the town at the southern tip of the commune on the border with Spain. The summit can be reached by the Petit train de la Rhune, which commences from the Col de Saint-Ignace, to the east of the town outside the commune on the D4 road to

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. The Interurban Network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques bus line has two stops in the commune: one for Route 863 which runs from Hasparren to Saint-Jean-de-Luz; and Route 858 between Sare and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The

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river flows through the north of the commune flowing towards the west parallel to the D918 on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. Several tributaries rise in the south of the commune and flow north, gathering many more tributaries, into the Nivelle. These streams include the Aniberreko Erreka, the Galardiko Erreka, and the Arraioko Erreka. The Larrunko Erreka forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north then west to join the Intsolako Erreka which continues north to join the Aniberreko Erreka.

Places and hamlets

* Aïra-Harri * Aldagarai * Ansorlua * Apituxenborda * Arginenia * Arraioa * Askubea * Biscarzoun or Bizkarzun (redoubt) * Bordatxoenia * Dorria * Errotenea * Esnaur (redoubt) * Etxegaraia * Hiriburua * Ihizelaia * Indartea * Jauregikoborda * Kisu Labea * Lanzelai (ZA) * Larrunzola * Lur Eder * Manttobaita * Martinhaurrenborda * Miramar * Monségur * Morzelai * Muga * Nausienborda * Oihanetxeberria * Paxkulinenea * Portua *

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* Sabadinenborda * Sainte-Hélène * Serres * Telleriaberria * Xakarroko Errota * Xeruenborda * Xorroetaberria * Xuanenborda * Zelaia * Zelaiakoborda Ascain Chalet basque

Géoportail

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Toponymy

The commune name in basque is ''Azkaine''. The name ''Ascain'' probably comes from ''haitz gain'' meaning "top of the hill" or "rocky height".

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, ''Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture, The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *Goyheneche: Eugène Goyheneche, ''Basque Country: Soule, Labourd, Basse-Navarre''Eugène Goyheneche, ''Basque Country: Soule, Labourd, Basse-Navarre'', Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales et de diffusion, Pau, 1979, bnf FRBNF34647711, p. 583 * 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''
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, Dictionnaire basque-français, 1926. *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
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Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

In 1609 Councillor

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intervened in French Basque Country at the head of a commission of inquiry demanded by Henri IV. The commission was to "purge the country of all sorcerers and sorceresses under the influence of demons". The priest of Ascain was degraded then burned. The Bishop of Bayonne, Jean VI de Sossiondo, built a large house called "Askunda" here during the middle of the 16th century, which can still be seen. In 1794, at the height of The Terror and after the desertion of 47 young people from Itxassou, the

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(Decree of 13 Ventôse Year II - 3 March 1794) arrested and deported some of the men, women, and children from Ainhoa, Ascain, Espelette,

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. The return of the exiles and the recovery of their properties were determined by a series of decrees issued on 29 September and 1 October 1794 - driven in this direction by the Director of Ustaritz: "The former communes of Sare, Itxassou, Ascain, Biriatou, and Serres, whose inhabitants have been interned for eight months as a measure of general security people have not been able to farm. The people who wish to obtain freedom to retire to their homes are clamouring for food without us being able to provide them with the means to fulfil this first human need, hunger". The recovery of property was not done without difficulty: their properties had been sequestered but were not registered and so were looted: "Movable and immovable property of the inhabitants of Sare, were neither legally recognized nor disclosed; all our furniture and household effects were removed and brought confusedly to neighbouring communes. Instead of putting them in safe places, some were sold at auction or to any other party without auction".

Heraldry

These arms were registered for the first time on 5 July 1405 by Juan Martinez de Agorreta y Ascain, Lord of Agorreta and Ascain, who married Princess Leonor Tocco de Acciaioli, from the Florence House of Acciaioli.the History page on the commune website

Administration

List of Successive Mayors Ascain Mairie

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from 1941

Inter-communality

The commune is part of eight inter-communal structures: * the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; * the AEP association of Nive Nivelle; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for secondary educational colleges of Saint-Jean-de-Luz; * the inter-communal association for the rescue centre in Saint-Jean-de-Luz; * the SIED Côte Basque Sud; * the association to support Basque culture. * the Basque Bayonne - San Sebastián Eurocity.

Twinning

Ascain has twinning associations with: *

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(Spain) since 1980.

Demography

In 1670 the commune had 300 fires and in 1718 1,560 inhabitants. In 2017 the commune had 4,194 inhabitants.

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural and also tourism. There is a sandstone quarry in the commune. Ascain is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of

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. There are two breweries (Akerbeltz and Oldarki) in the commune.

Culture and heritage

According to the ''Map of the Seven Basque Provinces'' edited in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the basque dialect spoken in Ascain is

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. The film ''La Danseuse Orchidée'' by Léonce Perret was partly filmed in Ascain in 1928 with Chiquito de Cambo.

Civil heritage

There are several buildings and structures in Ascain that are registered as historical monuments. These are: *House of Ferdinand Pinney Earle (20th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *Redoubt of Biscarzoun (partly in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle) (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *Redoubt of Esnaur (1813)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *Roman bridge on the Nivelle (5th century). It was rebuilt after the collapse of the central pier caused by flooding of the Nivelle in December 1994. *Group of nine

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s at Aïra-Harri (Protohistoric)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The two redoubts were part of the defence by Marshal Soult of the Franco-Spanish border against the British Army under Wellington in 1813. In 1947 the village erected the first ''Stèle des évadés de France'' (Stele of escapees of France) in memory of the resistance fighters who left France to join the Free French Forces via Spain during the Second World War.

Religious heritage

The Church of the Assumption has some medieval remains. It was enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries and was inaugurated under Louis XIII in 1626. In 1605 Monseigneur Bertrand d'Etchaux, Bishop of Bayonne, visited the parish of Ascain and permitted "the said parishioners of the said parish to sell or dispose of the tombs that seem good in favour of the proceeds of the sale"... (be used for) ..."the keeping, repair, and completion of the work on the church". Inside the church is a Statue of the Virgin and Child which is a cast of a statue from the 14th century: the original in marble, called the ''Virgin of Longchamp'', is preserved in the Musée national du Moyen Âge (National Museum of the Middle Ages) in Paris. Tombstones in pink sandstone from

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.Fascicule, ''Ascain-Azkaine'' prefaced by Léon Labayen

Facilities

Education

The commune has three primary schools: one public, one private catholic (Sainte-Marie school), and one

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(Basque language school).Education page on the commune website
A Music school (Kornelio), in the form of an association offers classic and traditional training.Presentation of the main associations in Ascain from the commune website
The ''Larrundarrak'' drum band, the ''Larrun Kanta'' choir, and the ''Martintxo-Altxalili'' association complete the musical offerings of the commune.

Sports and sports facilities

There are several sports associations in the commune including associations for athletics, basketball, cycling, traditional dance, gymnastics, basque pelota, hiking, rugby union, and tennis.

Notable people linked to the commune

*Johannes de Sossiondo, born at Ascain, Bishop of Bayonne from 1566 to 1578;Philippe Veyrin, ''The Basques'', Arthaud, 1975, , page 113 *

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, born in 1766 at Versailles and died in 1813 at Ascain, was a

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, mortally wounded at Saint-Jean-de-Luz; * Nicolas François Conroux, born in 1770 at Douai (Nord) and died in 1813 at St Esprit), was a French General, Baron of Pépinville, mortally wounded at Ascain; *Jean Hirigoyen Larroque, born at Ascain in 1788, father of Martin Hirigoyen Dolagaray (1821-1888) who emigrated to Argentina and was the father of Hipólito Yrigoyen Alem, twice president of Argentina. *José Revilla Haya, born at Madrid of a basque family in 1864 and died at Ascain in 1955, Mining engineer and geologist. *Jean-Pierre Borda, called ''Otharré'', born at Ascain in 1866 and died in 1922, was a basque pelota player in rebot and bare hands. Friend of Pierre Loti, he was inspired by one of the characters in the novel '' Ramuntcho'', which was written at the Hotel de la Rhune. *

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in 1872, died at Ascain in 1949, was the founder of French Medicinal chemistry. *Ferdinand Pinney Earle (1878-1951) was a famous

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cinema decorator in the 1910s and 1920s. In 1930 he moved to Ascain and built a house shaped like a revolver reminiscent of adobe houses built in Santa Fe around 1920. *Jean Élissalde, born at Ascain in 1883 and died at Gréciette in 1961, was a writer, Catholic priest, poet, and basque academic. *

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in 1926 and died at Ascain in 1988, was a doctor of law, lawyer, sports administrator, and music-lover; *Léon Berho born on 4 June 1932 at Ascain and died at

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in 1970 at Saint-Sébastian; * Pampi Laduche, born in 1955 at Ascain, was a basque pelota player, world champion in Basque trinquete in 1974 at

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( Uruguay). *Martine Laduche, born in 1960 at Ascain, was a basque pelota player of ''panla ancha'' and bare hands, champion of France. *

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, born in 1915 at Paris and died in 2000 at Paris, was Mayor of Bordeaux, Prime Minister, Honorary President of the National Assembly, General of the Resistance, buried in the cemetery at Ascain where he had a second home.

References

External links

AZKAINE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Ascain official website

Ascain on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Ascain'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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Toponymy

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Heraldry

Administration

Inter-communality

Twinning

Demography

Economy

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

Religious heritage

Facilities

Education

Sports and sports facilities

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

References

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