Hasparren

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

Hasparren Hazparne
Commune
The church of Saint Jean-Baptiste and surroundings
Coat of arms
Location of Hasparren
Hasparren Hasparren
Coordinates: 43°23′08″N 1°18′13″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Baïgura et Mondarrain
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Beñat Inchauspé
Area ^1	77.01 km^2 (29.73 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,879
• Density	89/km^2 (230/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Location

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

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

Access

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.

Hydrography

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

Locations

Eight settlements compose the Commune of Hasparren:[4]

• Labiri 43.38516°N 1.32767°W ;
• Elizaberri 43.39157°N 1.32372°W ;
• la Coste (la Côte sur les cartes IGN) 43.40488°N 1.28398°W ;
• Peña (Pegna sur les cartes IGN) 43.40544°N 1.30036°W ;
• Minhotz 43.38975°N 1.29184°W ;
• la Ville ;
• Urcuray 43.36747°N 1.35465°W ;
• Bas-Labiri et Zelhaia 43.36438°N 1.31385°W .

Toponymy

Ancient attestations

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).

Etymology

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.

Other toponymes

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

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

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

Basque spelling

The current basque name is Hazparne.[10]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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. Raymond, Paul (1863). Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées (in French). Imprimerie Impériale.
6. Cartulaire de Bayonne ou Livre d'Or - Manuscrit du XIVe siècle.
7. Chapitre de Bayonne - Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
8. Manuscrits du XVII^e et du XVIII^e 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

External links

• (in Spanish) HAZPARNE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)