Jasses

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

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Gave d' Oloron, (affluent of the Gave of Pau) and by its tributaries, the brooks the Laus (10,5 km), the Layoû and Arroder.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Navarrenx in north
Ogenne-Camptort in the east
Castetnau-Camblong and Susmiou in the west
Gurs in south-west
Dognen in the south

Toponymy

The toponym Jasses appears in the forms Jaces and Iaçes (1193, cartulaire of Sauvelade) and Feels Bertomiu de Iasses (1388, notaries of Navarrenx).

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385, Jasses counted 22 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Navarrenx.
The Baronnie of Jasses, going back to 1644, depended on the Viscount of Béarn and included/understood Araujuzon, Araux, Jasses, Montfort and Viellenave.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to seven inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of the canton of Navarrenx
SIVOM of the canton of Navarrenx
intercommunity association of Gaves and Saleys
syndicar mixed forester of the oak groves of the Basque valleys and inhabitants of Béarn
trade union of the perception of Navarrenx
trade union of cleansing of Navarrenx
departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

2004: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural (breeding and mixed-farming).

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre church dates from the XIXe century.

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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