Saint-Faust
See also: Faust (homonymy)
Saint-Faust is a Commune Frenchwoman located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
Its name Béarnais is Feels-Haust .
Its inhabitants is called Saint-Faustins.
Geography
Located at the south-west of the France, in Aquitanian area , Saint-Faust are a small village of the Miey de Béarn (medium of the Béarn).Its privileged situation makes it possible to reach in one hour the immense beaches of the Atlantic coast and the joys of the ski and the excursions thanks to the National park of the Pyrenees. It is also possible to join the Spain in 1:30.
With ten kilometers of the castle of Henri IV, over the slopes of Jurançon, between valleys and slopes, Saint-Faust dominates and offers superb points of view on Lescar, Laroin, Uzein and the valley of the Gave of Pau.
Communes bordering
- Laroin in north.
- Artiguelouve in the North-West.
- Gan and Jurançon in the east.
- Aubertin in the west.
- Lasseube in the south.
History
Administration
Intercommunality
The town of Saint-Faust belongs to the Communauté of communes of Miey de Béarn which gathers 14 communes.
Demography
Economy
The common one belongs to the zone AOC Vignoble of Jurançon.
Culture and inheritance
- local Fair at the end of June.
- Quoted of the bees: this alive museum was assembled in 1986 by young people Apiculteur S. the city of the bees is at the same time a museum and a park of walk devoted to the Abeille and its environment.
Inheritance
Religious heritage
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the church Saint-Jean-Baptist date completion of the 19th century.
See too
Articles of Wikipédia
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Common of the Yrénées-Atlantiques
External bonds
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Holy Faust Information. The site of the village
- Quoted of the bees
- Stud farm of Saint-Faust
Sources