Sassis

Sassis
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 1' E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 1' E
height	658-840 m
surface	0.53 km 2
Residents	80 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	151 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65120
INSEE code	65411
	; church

Sassis is a French commune with 80 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .

location

Sassis is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 40 km (as the crow flies) south-southwest of Tarbes . The village itself is located in the Vallée de Luz . Some individual farms are located on the eastern slope of the Soum de Naou Costes mountain (2494 m above sea level). The river Gave de Gavarnie almost entirely forms the eastern boundary of the municipality. Sassis is also located in the Pyrenees National Park .

The community consists of the village of Sassis and some individual farms.

history

In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. During the Hundred Years War , Vizos was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the county of Bigorre to the county of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry II of the House of Bourbon, ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV) in 1589, the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur from 1793 to 2015 (1793–1962 under the name of Canton Luz ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Vizos was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost since 1801. First mentioned by name as Sassis in the copial book of Saint-Savin in the year 1077/1078.

Population development

year	1793	1806	1821	1831	1851	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	120	102	139	78	101	125	95	80	58	54	52	60	83	87
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In the 19th century, the place usually had over 100 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption village church

Lavoir (wash house) by the church

Web links

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