Aast

Aast
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Vallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin
Community association	North Est Béarn
Coordinates	43 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W
height	367-393 m
surface	4.75 km 2
Residents	181 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	64460
INSEE code	64001
Website	www.aast.free.fr
	; town hall

Aast is a French municipality with 181 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Vallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin (until 2015: canton of Montaner ). The local pronunciation of the place name is [ast], with a heavily nasalized 'a' and a spoken 't' at the end.

Aast is the first French commune in the alphabetical order of place names. The inhabitants are called Aastois .

geography

About 15 scattered houses form the small village on the highlands of Ger , about 27 kilometers east of Pau . Aast is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saubole in the northwest, Ponson-Dessus in the east, Ger in the south and Gardères , an enclave of the Hautes-Pyrénées department , in the west.

Aast lies in the catchment area of the Adour river and is crossed by the Carbouère , a stream that flows into the Louet .

history

There was a lay monastery until 1791 . From 1674 until the Revolution, Aast was under the De Day family. Jerôme De Day, an adviser to the king, bought the monastery in 1678 with all rights, such as: B. Income of part of the tax, burial in the church.

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2017
Residents	203	115	140	163	190	181	181

Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2008

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

17th century farm
Church dedicated to Martin of Tours . 1854, under Napoleon III. built, with church furniture, glass windows, paintings and other objects, listed in the general inventory of cultural assets ( Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel )

Economy and Infrastructure

Aast is located in the AOC zones of the Jambon noir de Bigorre and the Porc noir de Bigorre

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2014
total = 24

traffic

Aast is connected to Routes départementales 64, 70, 202 and 311.

Web links

Commons : Aast - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Consortium du Noir de Bigorre (French)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Le village> Historique ( fr ) Official website of Aast. February 22, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile ( fr ) habitant.fr. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
↑ Notice Communale Aast ( fr ) Retrieved December 14, 2016.
↑ Populations légales 2013 Commune d'Aast (64001) ( fr ) Retrieved December 14, 2016.
↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher-un-produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 5, 2017.
↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Aast (64001) ( fr ) INSEE . Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2016.

[website_aast-1] Le village> Historique ( fr ) Official website of Aast. February 22, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

[2] Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile ( fr ) habitant.fr. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

[3] Notice Communale Aast ( fr ) Retrieved December 14, 2016.

[4] Populations légales 2013 Commune d'Aast (64001) ( fr ) Retrieved December 14, 2016.

[5] Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher-un-produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 5, 2017.

[6] Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Aast (64001) ( fr ) INSEE . Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2016.