Lasseube

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Baïse (which is thrown in the Gave of Pau) and its affluents:

the brook Baysole and its affluents:

the brook Artiguet
the brook Bastarde
the brook Brésiau

the brook Bert
the brook of Cambet
the brook of Labagnère and its affluent:

the brook Courrèges (Léza?) and its affluent:

the brook of Cambusset

the brook of Malendres
the brook of Montagnette
the brook Large Rieu

Laring or brook of Naudy and its affluent, the brook of Antony, are also present on the territory of the commune. Laring is an affluent of the Baylongue, which is thrown in Baysère, flow of the Fall.

The brook the Auronce, affluent of the Gave d' Ossau, also sprinkles the territory of the commune.

Localities and hamlets

Bagnère, in the south-east of the borough
Clergat, slope in the north of the brook of Bagnère
White Coast, peak between the small valleys of Montagnette and Baïsole
Coustarret
Houratade or Houracade, bottom of the valley of Laring, open on the bourd of Lasseube (passage of D24)
Peyruquet, peak between the small valleys of Bert and Montagnette
Vic of Baigt, with the North-West, drained by Bert
Rey, district in the south between Baïsole and Baïse

Communes bordering

Aubertin in north
Saint-Faust in the North-East
Monein and Estialescq in the North-West
Gan in the east
Escou and Escout in the west
Ogeu-the-Baths and Lasseubetat in the south

Toponymy

In Gascon the seube ( the seuva ), of Latin silva , means “the forest”. The toponym Lasseube appears in the forms Sylvæ (1305, titles of Béarn), Seube d' Escot (1385, censier of Béarn), Laseube (1434, notaries of Oloron), Seuba (1540, reformation of Béarn).

History

In 1385, Lasseube counted 12 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Oloron.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to nine inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Piedmont Oloronais
SIVOM of the canton of Lasseube
SIVU for the installation and the management of the rivers of the basin of the Falls
Trade union of the slopes of Lasseube - Jurançon
Trade union intercantonal for the installation and the development of the Country of the Falls
Intercommunity association of Haut-Béarn for the collection and the treatment of the household refuse
Trade union AEP of the area of Jurançon
Trade union AEP of Ogeu-the-Baths
departmental Trade union of electrification.

Demography

The population of 2006 is a provisional population established by INSEE.

Economy

The common one belongs to the zone AOC Vignoble of Jurançon. Its economy is primarily agricultural (breeding and culture of corn).
Purity of water of the Gave S.A. allowed the development of the Pisciculture.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

Lasseube has a church (church of the Assumption) dating from XVIe century.

Equipment

The commune has of a college and an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

Pierre de Jélyotte, a Singer and Type-setter French born in Lasseube the April 13rd 1713.
Bernard Becaas is an old runner cyclist French, born on May 23rd, 1955 with Oloron-Holy-Marie and deceased on August 25th, 2000 with Lasseube following an motorbike accident.
Sebastien Tillous-Borders, born on April 29th, 1985, is a player of Rugby to XV French which began its career with the club of Lasseube/Monein.

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