Bassillon-Vauzé

Bassillon-Vauzé
Commune
The Entrance to the commune
The Entrance to the commune
Location of Bassillon-Vauzé
Map
Bassillon-Vauzé is located in France
Bassillon-Vauzé
Bassillon-Vauzé
Bassillon-Vauzé is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bassillon-Vauzé
Bassillon-Vauzé
Coordinates: 43°27′27″N 0°04′27″W / 43.4575°N 0.0742°W / 43.4575; -0.0742
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonTerres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh
IntercommunalityNord Est Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Dominique Duclerc[1]
Area
1
4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
66
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64098 /64350
Elevation190–303 m (623–994 ft)
(avg. 211 m or 692 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bassillon-Vauzé (French pronunciation: [basijɔ̃ voze]; Occitan: Bassilhon e Bausèr) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.[3]

Geography

Bassillon-Vauzé is located some 25 km north-east of Pau and 8 km west of Maubourguet. The eastern border of the commune is also the departmental border with Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by the D68 from Vidouze in the east which changes to the D148 at the departmental border and continues through the south of the commune west to join the D943 south-west of the commune. The D205 comes from Corbère-Abères in the north which passes through the commune and continues south to join the D148 in the south of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with some forest in the west.[4][5]

The Larcis river and the Lac de Bassillon, which is formed by a dam on the Larcis, form the eastern border of the commune. The Ruisseau du Boscq forms the western border of the commune as it flows north into the lake formed by the Retenue de Lembeye-Corbères dam.[4][5]

Places and Hamlets

The communal hall
  • Bassillon
  • Camescasse
  • Canton
  • Les Garrus[6]
  • Grabette
  • Lasplaces
  • Marela
  • Maury
  • Millo
  • Le Moutha[6]
  • Pachera
  • Pouey[7]
  • Routgé
  • Toubarthe
  • Vauzé

Toponymy

Michel Grosclaude said that Bassillon comes from the Latin name Bassilius with the suffix -onem, giving "Domain of Bassius". The origin of Vauzé is undetermined.[8]

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Bassillon Basilhoo 1385 Grosclaude Census Village
Basilhoo 1402 Raymond
23
 Census
Bacilhoo 1540 Raymond
23
 Reformation
Baxilho 1542 Raymond
23
 Reformation
Basilhon 1546 Raymond
23
 Reformation
Bacilhon 1550 Raymond
23
 Reformation
Baßillon 1750 Cassini
Bassillon 1790 Cassini1
Vauzé Bauser 1385 Grosclaude Census Village
Bausee 1538 Raymond
173
 Reformation
Bauser 1538 Raymond
173
 Reformation
Beauzé 1675 Raymond
173
 Reformation
Vauzer 1682 Raymond
173
 Reformation
Vauzé 1750 Cassini
Vauser 1768 Raymond
173
 Denombrement
Vauzé 1790 Cassini1
173
 Reformation
Le Castet Le Castet 1863 Raymond
45
 Farm
Le Moutha Le Moutha 1863 Raymond
120
 Place
Moutoné Mountouné 1774 Raymond
120
 Terrier of Bassillon Place

Sources:

Origins:

  • Census: Census of Béarn[11]
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[12]
  • Denombrement: Denombremont of Candau[13]

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 23 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Bassillon had 7 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye. On page 173 he mentioned that Vauzé had a lay abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Vauzé, and that the Barony of Vauzé was created in 1641 under the Viscounts of Béarn which included Peyrelongue-Abos and Vauzé.[6]

The former communes of Bassillon and Vauzé were merged in 1833.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[14]

From To Name
1995 2014 Jean-Claude Maury
2014 2020 Claude Lagarrue
2020 2026 Dominique Duclerc

Inter-communality

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn
  • the SIVU for roads in the canton of Lembeye
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • the inter-communal association for the supply of drinking water of Vic-Bilh Montanérès

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 66 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 132—    
1800 130−0.22%
1806 555+27.37%
1821 150−8.35%
1831 286+6.67%
1836 284−0.14%
1841 287+0.21%
1846 240−3.51%
1851 241+0.08%
1856 233−0.67%
1861 203−2.72%
1866 218+1.44%
1872 205−1.02%
1876 190−1.88%
1881 188−0.21%
1886 180−0.87%
1891 167−1.49%
1896 161−0.73%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 178+2.03%
1906 164−1.62%
1911 169+0.60%
1921 134−2.29%
1926 115−3.01%
1931 109−1.07%
1936 109+0.00%
1946 108−0.09%
1954 99−1.08%
1962 95−0.51%
1968 75−3.86%
1975 76+0.19%
1982 77+0.19%
1990 76−0.16%
1999 72−0.60%
2007 73+0.17%
2012 72−0.28%
2017 66−1.73%
Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]
The War Memorial plaque on the church

Economy

The commune is located in the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh white wine.

Culture and heritage

The Church of Saint-Girons

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Maison Laïus Farmhouse (1765)[7]
  • Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)[17]
  • A Fountain (1833)[18]
  • A Fortified Complex (Prehistoric)[19]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ a b c Bassillon-Vauzé on Google Maps
  5. ^ a b Bassillon-Vauzé on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  6. ^ a b c d Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026458 Maison Laïus Farmhouse (in French)
  8. ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3(in French)
  9. ^ Baßillon and Vauzé on the 1750 Cassini Map
  10. ^ Bassillon and Vauzé on the 1790 Cassini Map
  11. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. ^ Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  15. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bassillon-Vauzé, EHESS (in French).
  16. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026457 Houses and Farms (in French)
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026454 Fountain (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026450 Fortified Complex (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026459 Presbytery (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026456 Parish Church of Saint Girons (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002146 2 Statues (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002145 Pulpit (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002144 2 Stoups (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002143 Stoup (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002142 Stained glass windows (in French)
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026455 Parish Church of Saint-Barthélémy (in French)
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002149 Stations of the Cross (in French)
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002148 4 Altar Candlesticks (in French)
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002147 Stoup (in French)
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