Bazas

Bazas ( Gascon Basats in ) is a common French, located in Bazadais, in the department of the the Gironde in area Aquitaine.

The name of Bazas comes from civitas basatica , “quoted of the Vasates”. Its ancient name was Cossium , a Latinization of the Aquitanique *koiz , Gascon Coç “hillock”.

Geography

Located at 15 km in the south of Langon and 60 km of Bordeaux on light reliefs at the entry of the Forest of the Moors of Gascogne.

History

Starting from the 1st age of iron she affirms herself like one of the fortified towns of south-west, she obtains with rampart S and monumental doors which very early confer a military role and a certain supremacy to him.

Cité episcopal located on the way of Saint-Jacques-with-Compostelle, Bazas was, until the end of the 18th century, seat of a Diocèse. Sit of the Présidial, Bazas cumulates the administrative offices and legal and imposes itself then very quickly like the most powerful city. Its prestige was worth the visit of famous characters besides to him such Richard Lion-hearted and Charles Quint.

Disputed by English and French during the one hundred year old war, Bazas returned to France in 1441.

1561 are a dark date in the history of bazas: the huguenots penetrated in the city and devastated the Cathedral. Famous évèque Arnaud De Pontac saved triple gate of a total destuction and restored it.

In 1562, at the time of the wars of religion, the lord of Duras of the party Huguenot takes the city: it cuts the lips of the priests there.

Louis XIV placed there whereas it returned from Saint-Jean-with-Luz where it had married Marie-Therese of Austria.

Bazas knew to preserve this golden age of superb vestiges. Classified historic building as of 1840, the Gothic cathedral is most important of the city. Built it was rebuilt between 1583 and 1655

Sub-prefecture until in 1923, with the profit of Langon, which also recovers the territory of the sub-prefecture of Réole.

See also: List of the bishops of Bazas

Administration

Economy

  • Cradle of the bovine Race Bazadaise. Mixed-farming and breeding, Forest of the Moors in the southern and western part of its territory.

  • metal Industry: RD productions, Transtechnic (Lucas (group)), Sotocast-Mecarep.
  • Industry of wood: manufacture doors isoplane (Fonmarty and wire), Meuble S in Teck (Cobex).
  • Agro-alimentary Industry : Aquitanian LDC (group LDC (company)), Laurial, municipal Slaughter-house.
  • various Industries: Ceramic (Cocéram), meters paragel (Persohn SA), Textile (Claude Havrey).
  • Trade and craft industry, banks, tourism.

Important public services: post, gendarmerie, firemen, schools, college, college, Vocational school and Agricultural college, Hôpital, perception, DDE, Tribunal of authority threatened of closing by the reform of the chart judicière.

Sports

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the Garden of the chapter with its vestiges dating from the age of iron at the 15th century
  • the postern of the Breach
  • the Garden of the Sultan and his rosery
  • the door of Gisquet
  • old Présidial
  • the market of the town hall.
  • the place born with the Cathedral Saint-Jean-Baptist. This 83 meters length building is classified Historic building and registered with the World heritage of humanity by UNESCO. It was built at the 13th century and 14th century on the model of the large Gothic cathedrals of the north of France. The cathedral was devastated mainly by the Huguenot S, but the gates, more the sculptor good example of the Gironde, were saved. The central gate is devoted to the last Jugement and the history of Saint Jean-Baptiste. The interior of the building is remarkable by the prospect for the narrow and long nave.
  • Hippodrome 19th.

  • Law courts 19th, acting as Court of intance, but threatened by the reform of the chart judicière of October 2007.

  • Convent of the Ursulines 17th.

Personalities related to the commune

Twinning

See too

  • Common of the Gironde

External bonds

  • Tourism: Tourist office of Bazadais
  • Museum of Bazadaise to the Castle of Roquetaillade
  • Town hall
  • Bazas on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Bazas on the site of INSEE
  • Bazas on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Bazas on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Bazas on Mapquest

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