Aussevielle (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

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.Google Maps

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.

Places and Hamlets Cabarrouy Lous Campagnots Labourdette Lacoustette Lombré Poey (glasshouse) Sensac Teulé Lous Vignaux Géoportail, IGN

Neighbouring communes and villages

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 ("town") giving "Town of Ousse".

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Aussevielle Ause-Vielle 1342 Raymond Pardies Village Ossebiele 1349 Raymond Pardies Aucevielle 1385 Raymond Census Osse-Bielle 1402 Raymond Census Aussabiela 1538 Raymond Reformation Aussavielle 1675 Raymond Reformation Saint-Jean d'Aussevielle 1754 Raymond Denguin Aussaviele 1750 Cassini Casenave Casenave 1753 Raymond Enumeration Farm and Fief, Vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn Domec L'ostau deu Domec 1538 Raymond Reformation Fief, Vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn

Sources:

Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750Cassini Map 1750 - Asson

Origins:

Pardies: Notaries of PardiesNotaries of Pardies in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Denguin: Terrier of DenguinManuscript from the 18th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Enumeration: Enumeration of AussevilleManuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History Paul Raymond 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.Aussevielle official website

Administration

List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1813 1831 Jean Pierre Laborde Teule-Sensacq 1831 1835 Jean Campagnolle 1835 1839 Jean Laulhere 1839 1840 Jean Campagnolle 1840 1842 Jean Laulhere 1842 1860 Joseph Marie Teule-Sensacq 1860 1870 Jean Tercq 1870 1881 Michel Firmin Teule-Sensacq 1881 1884 Joseph Marie Firmin Teule-Sensacq 1884 1900 Michel Teule-Sensacq 1900 1908 Pierre Plasteig-Cassou 1908 1912 Joseph Teule-Sensacq 1912 1925 Pierre Plasteig-Cassou 1925 1953 Justin Coustille-Cossou 1953 1970 Aimé Coustille-Cossou 1970 1983 Lucien Labastie 1983 1995 Jean Michel Daury 1995 2026 Jacques Locatelli

Inter-communality The commune is part of four inter-communal structures: the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées; the SIVU for home help for the elderly of the Canton of Lescar; the AEP association of Lescar region; the Siros, Aussevielle, Poey-de-Lescar inter-communal association for water treatment in the Val de l'Ousse;

Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ausseviellois or Aussevielloises in French.Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr

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 Siros and Aussevielle are associated through an Inter-communal Educational Regrouping (RPI). The commune has a nursery school.Miey de Béarn website - Notice on the Nursery School There is a primary school in Siros.

Notable people linked to the commune Roger Lapassade, born in 1912 at Aussevielle and died in 1999 at Orthez, a writer and Occitan poet.

See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

External links Aussevielle official website Aussevielle on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Außaviele on the 1750 Cassini Map