Escot

See also: Escot (homonymy)

Escot is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Its inhabitants is called them.

Geography

The common one belongs to the Vallée of Winder.

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Gave d' Aspe and its affluents:
  • the arrèc of Abérats
  • the brook Arrectou
  • the brook Barescou and its affluents:
    • the arrèc of Boob
    • the arrèc of Casteigts and its affluent:
      • the arrèc of Bousquet
    • the arrèc of Manaut
  • the arrèc of Lassalle
  • the arrèc of Crushes

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Toponymy

The toponym This appears in the forms Scot (1096, titles of Barcelona), Eschot (1154, titles of Barcelona), Sancta Maria d' Escot (1618, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron), Ascot (1675, reformation of Béarn).

History

In 1385, Escot counted 8 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Winder.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to six inter-commune structures:
  • the Community of communes of the Valley of Winder
  • trade union of television of Oloron - Valley of Winder
  • mixed trade-union of Haut-Béarn
  • intercommunity association of material aid to schooling in Valley of Winder
  • teaching trade union of regrouping of the communes of Lurbe and Asasp-Arros
  • departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the breeding, as well as the forestry development.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

  • Houses of the XVIIe century.
  • Station on the Line Pau-Canfranc, closed with the traffic since 1970.
  • Inscription mentioning the Roman way carrying out of Saragossa towards the Aquitanian on the rock known as Bolt of Escot .

Religious heritage

  • Parish church of the Assumption-of-the-Happy-Virgin-Marie, end XVIIe and XIXe centuries.
  • Stage on the Via Tolosane, Latin name of one of the four ways of France of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle.

Sports events

The commune is located on the way of the 16th stage of the Tour de France 2007 which will take place on July 25th. The course of 218 kilometers will connect Orthez to Gourette - Collar of Aubisque.

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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