Hasparren

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

Its Basque name is Hazparne , of old a *Ahaitz-barren (a) > *Ahaizparren (a) .

The name of inhabitant is Hazpandar .

Geography

Situation

Access

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by affluents of the Adour, the Ardanabia (and by tributaries of this one, Anguéluko erreka and the ur Handia) and the Joyeuse and by tributaries of this one, the Marmareko Erreka (and affluents of this one, the brook Hasquette, Eyhéracharko erreka and Entrikola Pourdia erreka) and the brook of Lartasso.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Briscous and Urt in north
Cambo-the-Baths, Halsou, Jatxou and Mouguerre in the west
Macaye, Mendionde and Bonloc in the south
Ayherre and the Country house-Clairence in the east.

Toponymy

The toponym Hasparren appears in the forms Hesperenne (1247, cartulaire of Bayonne), Sanctus Johannes de Ahesparren , Hesparren and Haesparren (respectively 1255, and 1288 for the two last forms, chapter of Bayonne), Ahezparenne (1288, Gascon Roles), Esparren (1310, cartulaire of Bayonne), Aezparren , Hesperren , Hasparrem and Hesparrem (respectively 1348 for the first two forms and 1501 for the two last, chapter of Bayonne), Hasparn and Haspar (respectively 1686 and 1754, collations of the diocese of Bayonne).

The toponym Elizaberri appears in the form Éliçaberria (1863, topographic dictionary Basque Béarn-Country).

The toponym Urcuray appears in the form Saint-Joseph d' Urcuraye (1662, collations of the diocese of Bayonne).

History

Hasparren enters the history with the famous plate dating from the formation of the Aquitania Novempopulana (i.e of Aquitaine of the nine people). The plate was discovered in 1660 and is dated from the beginning of IVe century. One can read on this stone sealed in the wall of the church:

Flamen item of (U) muir quaestor pagiq. magister

Verus AD Augustum legato munere functus

pro novem optinuit populis seiungere Gallos

Urbe redux genio pagi hanc dedicat aram.

that one can translate as follows:

“Flamine, and to duumvir (i.e member of an assembly of two people), Questeur (= perceiving), Master of the country,

Verus having fulfilled the mission which had been given to him near the Emperor,

obtained that the Last nine People separate from the Gallic one;

on its return of Rome, it dedicates this furnace bridge to the Genius of the country.”

It is indeed at that time that the reform of Dioclétien broke the administrative connection with Gaulle Gallic.

With the Middle Ages, Ahaizparrena, protected by its two castles from Zalduzahar (1125) and Zalduberri (1310) was a stage of the ways of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle.

In 1790, the canton of Hasparren included/understood the communes of Briscous, Hasparren and Urt, and depended on the district of Ustaritz XVI, XVII and XIXe centuries date.

the vault of the Sacred Heart, contained in the house of the Missionaries, completion date of the XIXe century;
the vault of the Sacred Heart, currently vault of the Saint-Joseph college, date of 1928.

Vault of Elizaberri with retable out of polychrome wooden of the XVIIe century representing the creation of the world.

Environmental inheritance

Strategic relief for Hasparren and Macaye, the Ursuia lodged several extremely S Protohistorique S ( Gaztelu zahar ).

Equipment

Sports and sports equipment

; Rugby The team of Rugby of Hasparren, the Hasparren Athletic Club , plays into Federal 4. Having failed to go up at the end of the season 2005-2006, the HAC obtained the right to evolve/move at the higher level at the time of season 2006/2007 and will thus play season 2007/2008 in Fédérale 3. ; Tennis shoe Hasparren Basket Club Zarean (HBC) is the only club of Basket of the canton. The senior team masculine plays more on the level secondary road (Departmental Excellence) and the female senior team in promotion excellence departmental.

Personalities related to the commune

Francis James, born in 1868 with Tournay and deceased in 1938 in Hasparren, is a Poète French which passed the major part of its existence in (Béarn and Basque Country), sources of inspiration of its literature.

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