commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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France
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. A resident of Hasparren is known as a 'Hazpandar'.
Geography
Location
It's a ''commune fait partie'' of the
Basque
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Province of Labourd.
The Côte Basque (''Euskal Kostaldea)'', is 25 km to the west.
Cambo-les-Bains
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, at the crossroads with D 21, D 22 and D 23. It has got access to autoroute A 64, exit 4 near
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), flow through the commune.
Locations
Eight settlements compose the Commune of Hasparren:
* Labiri ;
* Elizaberri ;
* la Coste (la Côte sur les cartes IGN) ;
* Peña (Pegna sur les cartes IGN) ;
* Minhotz ;
* la Ville ;
* Urcuray ;
* Bas-Labiri et Zelhaia .
Toponymy
Ancient attestations
It is attestested with various words: ''Hesperenne'' (1247 in Cartulaire de Bayonne) ''Santus Johannes de Ahesparren'', ''Hesparren'' und ''Haesparren'' (the former two 1255 and 1288 in Chapitre de BayonneChapitre de Bayonne - Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques), ''Ahezparenne'' (1288, Rôles Gascons), ''Esparren'' (1310, Cartulaire de Bayonne) ''Aezparren'', ''Hesperren'', ''Hasparrem'' and ''Hesparrem'' (1348 both in Chapitre de Bayonne), ''Hasparn'' and ''Haspar'' (1686 and 1754, Collations du Diocèse de Bayonne), ''Hasparre'' (A map of the Basque Lands) and ''Hazparne'' (19th century).
Etymology
The toponyme ''Hasparren'' derives from the ancient ''Ahaitz-barren(a) > Ahaizparren(a)'', a composition of the
Basque
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* Basque language, their language
Places
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root ''
ahaitz Ahaitz or Ahaize is a Basque place name referring to flat areas in mountain, favorable to human settlement.Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, ''Nouvelle toponymie basque'', Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, {{ISBN, 2-86781-396-4.
It may refer to:
*Ahaize, a ...
'' that indicates a height and ''barren'' (the interior) - and not form "''Haritz barne''" (Inner Oak) as the local tradition says.
Other toponyms
The toponym ''Elizaberri'' appears with the from ''Éliçaberria'' (1863, dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque).
The toponym ''Urcuray'' appears with the form ''Saint-Joseph d'Urcuraye'' (1662, collations du diocèse de BayonneManuscrits du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècles).
The toponym ''Celhay'' appears with the from ''Célay'' (1863, dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque).
Basque spelling
The current
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Places
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name is ''Hazparne''.Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language /ref>