Aressy

Geography

Aressy is located four kilometres south-east of Pau within the urban area of Pau. Access to the commune is by the D937 road from Pau which continues south-east to Meillon.

The Idelis bus route P23 stops at Aressy Clinic at Pôle Bosquet. The commune is also served by Route 835 of the Interurban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Transports 64) between Bénéjacq and Pau, and by Route 805 between Lourdes and Pau.

Much of the commune is residential with some farmland and a large lake in the south.

The Gave de Pau flows north-west through the western part of the commune, and the Lagoin flows through the centre of the commune before joining the Gave de Pau just north-west of the commune.

Places and Hamlets

• Las Costes
• Labielle
• Marque
• Matachot
• Le Saligat

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

Its name in Bearnais is Aressi (according to the classical norm of Occitan).

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicates that the place name could come from the Basque, meaning "place where there are rocks" which would confirm the hypothesis by Michel Grosclaude of ar- ("stone or rock") with the Basque locative suffix -etz transformed into -esse.

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

Sources:

• Jobbé: Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques
• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
• Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:

Origins:

• Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar
• Military: Military Inspection of Béarn
• Census: Census of Béarn
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 9 of his dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. In 1385, Aressy had nine fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

Aressy is part of nine inter-communal structures:

• the Public agency of local management;
• the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées;
• the AEP association for the Jurançon region;
• the defense against floods association for the Lagoin catchment area;
• the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for the Narcastet leisure centre;
• the inter-communal association for defense against flooding of the Gave de Pau;
• the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES of Bizanos;
• the Joint association for urban transport Pau - Porte des Pyrenees

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arésyiens or Arésyiennes in French.

|1793 |480 |1800 |215 |1806 |202 |1821 |230 |1831 |276 |1836 |273 |1841 |288 |1846 |314 |1851 |313 |1856 |334 |1861 |345 |1866 |343 |1872 |360 |1876 |355 |1881 |368 |1886 |374 |1891 |345 |1896 |326 |1901 |346 |1906 |328 |1911 |321 |1921 |320 |1926 |357 |1931 |429 |1936 |418 |1946 |416 |1954 |450 |1962 |399 |1968 |476 |1975 |601 |1982 |578 |1990 |546 |1999 |543 |2007 |571 |2012 |638 |2017 |712

Economy

The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Denys (1874) is registered as an historical monument.

References

References

1. (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/64041-aressy Commune d'Aressy (64041)], INSEE
3. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aressy/@43.2776794,-0.3272095,3353m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5649ba9db8f519:0x9ada9ed73935610f?hl=en Google Maps]
4. [[Brigitte Jobbé-Duval]], Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, {{ISBN. 978-2-35077-151-9 {{in lang. fr
5. Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang. fr
6. [[Michel Grosclaude]], ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN. 2-35068-005-3 {{in lang. fr
7. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.2772&lon=-0.3231&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 – Aressy]
8. Cartulary of the [[Bishop of Lescar]], published in the proofs of the ''History of Béarn'' by [[Pierre de Marca]] {{in lang. fr
9. Manuscript from 1376 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
10. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
11. Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
12. [http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22149 List of Mayors of France]
13. [https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr
14. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1169. Aressy
15. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64041#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000643. IA64000643 Parish Church of Saint Denys {{in lang. fr