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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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Commune
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Coordinates: 43°23′08″N 1°18′13″W / 43.3856°N 1.3036°W / 43.3856; -1.3036
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Baïgura et Mondarrain
Intercommunality CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026) Isabelle Pargade[1]
Area1 77.01 km2 (29.73 sq mi)
Population (2021) 7,577
• Density 98.39/km2 (254.8/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 64256 /64240
Elevation 7–610 m (23–2,001 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hasparren (French pronunciation: [aspaʁɛ̃]; Basque: Hazparne) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. A resident of Hasparren is known as a 'Hazpandar'.

It's a commune fait partie of the Basque Province of Labourd.

The Côte Basque (Euskal Kostaldea), is 25 km to the west.

Hasparren is located on the route D 10, between La Bastide-Clairence and Cambo-les-Bains, at the crossroads with D 21, D 22 and D 23. It has got access to autoroute A 64, exit 4 near Briscous.

The rivers Ardanabia[2] and Suhihandia (a tributary of the Aran),[3] flow through the commune.

Eight settlements compose the Commune of Hasparren:[4]

Ancient attestations

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It is attestested[5] with various words: Hesperenne (1247 in Cartulaire de Bayonne[6]) Santus Johannes de Ahesparren, Hesparren und Haesparren (the former two 1255 and 1288 in Chapitre de Bayonne[7]), Ahezparenne (1288, Rôles Gascons), Esparren (1310, Cartulaire de Bayonne[6]) Aezparren, Hesperren, Hasparrem and Hesparrem (1348 both in Chapitre de Bayonne[7]), Hasparn and Haspar (1686 and 1754, Collations du Diocèse de Bayonne[8]), Hasparre (A map of the Basque Lands) and Hazparne (19th century).

The toponyme Hasparren derives from the ancient Ahaitz-barren(a) > Ahaizparren(a), a composition of the Basque root ahaitz that indicates a height and barren (the interior)[9] - and not form "Haritz barne" (Inner Oak) as the local tradition says.

The toponym Elizaberri appears with the from Éliçaberria (1863, dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque[5]).

The toponym Urcuray appears[5] with the form Saint-Joseph d'Urcuraye (1662, collations du diocèse de Bayonne[8]).

The toponym Celhay appears[5] with the from Célay (1863, dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque[5]).

The current Basque name is Hazparne.[10]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 5,048
1975 5,081 +0.09%
1982 5,303 +0.61%
1990 5,399 +0.22%
1999 5,477 +0.16%
2007 5,839 +0.80%
2012 6,160 +1.08%
2017 6,879 +2.23%
Source: INSEE[11]
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Ardanavy (Q83-0430)".
  3. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Suhihandia (Q8340500)".
  4. ^ Généalogie et Histoire des Familles (1835). "Cadastre napoléonien Labourd / Hasparren". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e Raymond, Paul (1863). Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées (in French). Imprimerie Impériale.
  6. ^ a b Cartulaire de Bayonne ou Livre d'Or - Manuscrit du XIVe siècle.
  7. ^ a b Chapitre de Bayonne - Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  8. ^ a b Manuscrits du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècles
  9. ^ Jean-Baptiste., Orpustan (2006). Nouvelle toponymie basque : noms des pays, vallées, communes et hameaux historiques de Labourd, Basse-Navarre et Soule (Éd. entièrement rev. et corr ed.). Pessac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux. ISBN 2867813964. OCLC 72757865.
  10. ^ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language
  11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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