Aste-Béon
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 | |
| Community association | Vallée d'Ossau | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 25 ′ W | |
| height | 438-1,800 m | |
| surface | 19.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 237 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64260 | |
| INSEE code | 64069 | |
 The Ossau valley near Aste-Béon |
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Aste-Béon is a French municipality with 237 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 (until 2015: Canton Laruns ).
The inhabitants are called Astois and Béonais or Astoises and Béonaises .
geography
Aste-Béon is located approx. 30 km southeast of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and approx. 35 km south of Pau in the national nature reserve of the Vallée d'Ossau in Béarn . The highest point (1800 m) is on the Crête de Coos mountain ridge on the eastern edge of the municipality.
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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| Laruns | Louvie-Soubiron |
Aste-Béon is located in the Adours catchment area and lies on the right bank of the Gave d'Ossau , a tributary of the Gave d'Oloron . Two streams, the Lamay and the Arrigast, flow into the Gave d'Ossau in the area of the municipality.
history
In a census in 1385, 18 households and were noted in each of the two villages that they are located in the Bailliage of the Vice-County of Ossau. The fief of Béon was subordinate to the Viscount of Béarn. Béon is mentioned as Beoo in 1374 . Subsequently, the settlements were subordinate to the liege lord Jean-Joseph d'Augerot, who built a forge when iron ore was discovered on his property. The mining of the ore was stopped and fueled the rural exodus in the 19th century, in which one sixth of the population emigrated to Argentina .
Population development
From the peak of the population in the mid-19th century, less than a third remained in the 1970s due to the general rural exodus. However, the trend has stopped since then and the number remains more or less stable with certain fluctuations.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 267 | 235 | 196 | 211 | 159 | 231 | 246 | 282 | 244 |
Attractions
- Castle of Béon. A duel in the 9th century between the feudal lord of Béon and a Norman leader is recorded. Around 1596, the feudal lord of Aste-Béon, M. de Talazac, was accepted into the chambers of the Béarn. This was the reason for him to rebuild the 14th century castle by preserving the medieval walls. The estate changed hands several times in the following: Pierre de Saint-Gaudens, Jean de Fortanier in 1689 and Henry de Poey in 1752. The three-storey building on a rectangular floor plan has a slate- covered tent roof and watch towers at all four corners. The unadorned entrance portal and the window openings date from the 17th century.
- Church Saint-Félix-et-Saint-Adauct dedicated Felix and Adauctus in the district Béon. The original hermitage , in honor of Julianus von Brioude , has been mentioned in the scriptures since the 16th century.
- Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste , dedicated to John the Baptist in the district branches, at the end of the 19th century completely rebuilt.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture and ranching traditionally play a large role in the municipality's economy. It is located in the AOC zone of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk. However, given the geographic location, “green” tourism is also gaining ground.
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traffic
Aste-Béon is connected to Routes départementales 240 and 290, the former Route nationale 618 , and is connected to Pau and other communes in the department via a line from the Transports 64 bus network .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile. habitant.fr, accessed February 1, 2017 (French).
- ↑ géoportail. Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière , accessed on February 1, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Ma commune: Aste-Béon. Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne, accessed on February 1, 2017 (French).
- ^ Conseil regional d'Aquitaine: Aste-Béon. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on September 9, 2016 ; Retrieved February 1, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées. In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France. Imprimerie nationale, 1863, pp. 16,28 , accessed February 1, 2017 (French).
- ^ Notice Communale Aste-Béon. EHESS , accessed February 1, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune d'Aste-Béon (64069). INSEE , accessed February 1, 2017 (French).
- ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Gentilhommière d'Aste-Béon. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; Retrieved February 1, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Château de Béon. Ministry of Culture and Communication , accessed February 1, 2017 (French).
- ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Église Saint-Félix-et-Saint-Adauct. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; Retrieved February 1, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Ministry of Culture and Communication , accessed February 1, 2017 (French).
- ↑ List des produits par commune ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Aste-Béon (64069). (No longer available online.) INSEE , archived from the original on February 6, 2017 ; Retrieved February 1, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
