Buzy

See also: Buzy (homonymy)

Buzy is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Gave d' Oloron and its affluents:
  • the brook of the wood of Nougué
  • the brook the Escou (17 km in France)
  • the arrèc of Lacerbelle
  • the brook Moulias (11.8 km in France) and its affluent:
    • the brook of Labarthe
  • the brook of Trébès

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Toponymy

The toponym Buzy appears under its current form since 1096 and the forms Busia (1170, titles of Barcelona), Busi (XIIe century, titles of Gabas), Buzi in Bag (1343, titles of Pardies), Buzii (1429, files of the town hall of Buzy), Saint-Saturnin de Buzy (1608, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron), Busy (1614, reformation of Béarn).

Its origin is Latin and it means field of Busius .

History

Paul Raymond note that it in the church of Buzy four Prébende S had founded there under the invocation of saint Blaise .
In 1385, Buzy counted 55 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Ossau.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to nine inter-commune structures:
  • SIVOM of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of the perception of Arudy
    • teaching
  • SIVU of regrouping of Buzy - Buziet
  • intercommunity association of excursion of the valley of Escou
  • mixed trade-union of the Lake water Castet
  • trade union of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of electrification of Bas-Ossau
  • trade union AEP of the area of Jurançon
  • trade union AEP of Ogeu-the-Baths.

The common one belongs to the Pays of Oloron and Haut-Béarn.

Demography

The figure for 2004 is that of the provisional population established by INSEE.

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the breeding.
An hydroelectric station EDF is established on its territory with the Saint-Cricq locality. In 1941,250 people attached to the Camp of Gurs took part in its construction. It is fed by water coming from the Tourbière S of Buzy.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

  • Dolmen dating from the Neolithic , called Calhau de Teberno or Calhauou de Taberne .
  • Station the open SNCF in 1883, for the Buzy way - Laruns. The section Oloron - Buzy, on the Ligne Pau-Canfranc was closed with the traffic on March 2nd, 1969.

Religious heritage

  • Saint-Saturnin Church, end XVIIIe century, beginning XIXe century.

Equipment

Buzy has a station the SNCF in activity on the Buzy way - Laruns, as well as an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

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