Aussevielle


Aussevielle is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ausseviellois or Aussevielloises.

Geography

Aussevielle is located some 14 km north-west of Pau and 6 km north-west of Lescar. Access to the commune is by the D633 road from Beyrie-en-Béarn in the north-east which passes through most of the length of the commune and the village before it continues south to join the D817 near Siros. The D817 from Denguin passes through the south of the commune. European route E80 passes through the north of the commune but provides no access to the commune with the nearest exit being exit 9.1 to the east. Residential areas cover some 20% of the area with the rest farmland.
The Gave de Malapet flows through the north of the commune towards the north-west. The Ousse des Bois flows through the south of the commune westwards to join the Gave de Pau south-west of the commune.

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Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Aussavièla. Michel Grosclaude indicated that the name probably comes from the name of the Ousse which rises in the commune with the Occitan vièla giving "Town of Ousse".
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
AussevielleAuse-Vielle1342Raymond
17
PardiesVillage
Ossebiele1349Raymond
17
Pardies
Aucevielle1385Raymond
17
Census
Osse-Bielle1402Raymond
17
Census
Aussabiela1538Raymond
17
Reformation
Aussavielle1675Raymond
17
Reformation
Saint-Jean d'Aussevielle1754Raymond
17
Denguin
Aussaviele1750Cassini
CasenaveCasenave1753Raymond
43
EnumerationFarm and Fief, Vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
DomecL'ostau deu Domec1538Raymond
55
ReformationFief, Vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn

Sources:
Origins:
noted on page 17 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Aussevielle had 10 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau then in 1654 reverted to the Barony of Denguin by letters patent from Louis XIV.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
18131831Jean Pierre Laborde Teule-Sensacq
18311835Jean Campagnolle
18351839Jean Laulhere
18391840Jean Campagnolle
18401842Jean Laulhere
18421860Joseph Marie Teule-Sensacq
18601870Jean Tercq
18701881Michel Firmin Teule-Sensacq
18811884Joseph Marie Firmin Teule-Sensacq
18841900Michel Teule-Sensacq
19001908Pierre Plasteig-Cassou
19081912Joseph Teule-Sensacq
19121925Pierre Plasteig-Cassou
19251953Justin Coustille-Cossou
19531970Aimé Coustille-Cossou
19701983Lucien Labastie
19831995Jean Michel Daury
19952020Jacques Locatelli

Inter-communality

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:
In 2010 the commune had 797 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The old Lay Abbey is today the Town Hall.

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint John the Baptist probably dates to the end of the Middle Ages.

Facilities

Education

and Aussevielle are associated through an Inter-communal Educational Regrouping. The commune has a nursery school. There is a primary school in Siros.

Notable people linked to the commune