Balansun
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Balansun (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Geography
Balansun is a commune in the former province of Béarn located some 6 km east of Orthez and 4 km north of Argagnon. Access to the commune is by the D946 road from Arthez-de-Béarn in the east which passes through the centre of the commune south of the village and continues south-west to join the D817 west of Castétis. Access to the village is by the Chemin de l'Eglise which branches north off the D946 on the western side of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[2]
The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Ruisseau de Clamondé forming the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau west of Castetis. Three streams flow through the commune from east to west into the Ruisseau de Clamondé gathering many tributaries in the commune/
Places and hamlets
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- Barran
- Bélou
- Bergerayre
- Bernadou
- Bidau
- Bordes
- Bourroua
- Bousque
- Cabalé
- Cabanne
- Cantegrith
- Cantonnier
- Carsuzaa
- Chou
- Cousiner
- Craber
- Crabérou
- Friquet[3]
- Garly
- Heugarès
- Lacabanne
- Laheuguère[3]
- Larribau
- Lasserre
- Lay
- Loup
- Loustalet
- Massioo
- Menaut
- Menusé
- Millet
- Moncaud
- Monhort
- Naudou
- Rouby
- Saint-Martin[3]
- Sarraillot
- Sautié
- Tisnérot
- Touyarot
- Trotemenut
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy
Michel Grosclaude said that the origin of the original name is the Gascon Latin name of a man Valentius with the suffix -unum.[4]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balansun | Balansun | 1205 | Raymond | 19 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Bérérenx | Village |
| Balansun | 13th century | Raymond | 19 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Fors de Béarn | ||
| Balansun | 1323 | Grosclaude | ||||
| Balensu | 1343 | Raymond | 20 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Pardies | ||
| Valenssun | 1385 | Raymond | 20 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Census | ||
| Valencin | 14th century | Raymond | 20 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Froissart | ||
| Balanssun | 1536 | Raymond | 20 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | ||
| Balensun | 18th century | Grosclaude | ||||
| Balensun | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
| Balenzun | 1793 | Ldh/EHESS/Cassini | An II | |||
| Balensun | 1801 | Ldh/EHESS/Cassini | Bulletin des lois | |||
| Bellegarde | Belegarde | 1538 | Raymond | 27 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | Farm and Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn |
| Friquet | la maison de Fricquet | 1538 | Raymond | 65 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn |
| Laheuguère | La Figuere | 1538 | Raymond | 90 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | Farm |
| Saint-Martin | Sent-Marthii | 1385 | Raymond | 150 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Census | Farm |
| Tresarbres | Tresarbres | 1538 | Raymond | 168 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn, with 400 arpents in 1538 |
Sources:
- Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Template:In lang[4]
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Template:In lang[3]
- Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[5]
- Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Template:Cassini-Ehess
Origins:
- Bérérenx: Chapter of Bérérenx[6]
- Fors de Béarn[7]
- Pardies: Notaries of Pardies[8]
- Census: Census of Béarn[9]
- Froissart: Jean Froissart, Book IV
- Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[10]
History
Paul Raymond noted that on page 20 of his 1863 dictionary that the fief of Balansun was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and, in 1385, had 27 fires depending on the bailiwick of Pau.
Administration
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| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1792 | 1794 | Pierre Cazaban |
| 1794 | 1795 | Jean Bousque |
| 1795 | 1797 | Arnaud Tisnerot |
| 1797 | 1800 | Jacques Vispalie |
| 1800 | 1803 | Jean Bouisque |
| 1803 | 1804 | Arnaud Casaux |
| 1804 | 1814 | Arnaud Tisnerot |
| 1814 | 1816 | Jean Moureu |
| 1816 | 1821 | Boniface Thimothée Desbordes-Louboey |
| 1821 | 1826 | Jean Tisnerot |
| 1826 | 1832 | Jean Cammau |
| 1832 | 1837 | Léonard Moureu |
| 1837 | 1841 | Jean Caubet |
| 1841 | 1848 | Jacques Vispalie |
| 1848 | 1858 | Léonard Moureu |
| 1858 | 1871 | Pierre Lescurat |
| 1871 | 1886 | Jean Paraige |
| 1886 | 1896 | Jean Debaig |
| 1896 | 1900 | Jean Baptiste Daugarou |
| 1900 | 1912 | Jean Debaig |
| 1912 | 1942 | Jean Maubecq |
- Mayors from 1942
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1944 | Jean Baptiste Daugarou |
| 1944 | 1946 | Pierre Temboury |
| 1946 | 1977 | Alfred Debaig |
| 1977 | 1995 | Jean Sautie |
| 1995 | 2001 | Marie-Thérèse Maubecq |
| 2001 | 2014 | Anny Furbeyre |
| 2014 | 2026 | Bénédicte Alcetegaray |
Inter-communality
The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:
- the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez;
- the SIVU of Balansun/Castétis;
- the water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons;
- the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balansenais or Balansenaises in French.[12]
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Economy
Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock).
Sites and monuments
The Parish Church of the Assumption of Notre-Dame (1850)Template:Mérimée Icon is registered as an historical monument.[13]
Facilities
The commune has a primary school which is grouped in an RPI (Intercommunal Educational Grouping) with the primary school in Castétis.
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Template:In lang
- ↑ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, p. 293 Template:ISBNTemplate:In lang
- ↑ Cassini Map 1750 – Balansun
- ↑ Titles of the commune of Bérérenx in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ List of Mayors of France Template:In lang
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
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