Ascain
Ascain (Basque Azkaine) is a veelage in the tradeetional Basque province o Labourd, nou a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depairtment in soothwastren Fraunce. It is locatit 7 km (4.3 mi) tae the east o Saint-Jean-de-Luz an the Atlantic Ocean, in the wastren fuithills o the Pyrenees.
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  Ascain Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Ascain | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′48″N 1°37′12″W / 43.3467°N 1.62°WCoordinates: 43°20′48″N 1°37′12″W / 43.3467°N 1.62°W | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Depairtment | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Luz |
| Intercommunality | Sud Pays Basque |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Louis Laduche |
| Area 1 | 19.27 km2 (7.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 3,924 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64065 /64310 |
| Elevation | 5–883 m (16–2,897 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
The summit o La Rhune, a muntain iconic o the Basque kintra, is situatit approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) tae the sooth o the veelage. The summit can be reached bi the Petit train de la Rhune, which commences frae the Col de Saint-Ignace, 3.3 km (2.1 mi) tae the east o the veelage on the D4 road tae Sare.
History
eeditBishop o Bayonne, Jean VI de Sossiondo built a big an comfortable hoose, "Askunda", here durin the middle o the 16t century, still tae be seen.
Notary Martin Chourio wis a syndic frae Ascain at the some 56 veelages representit at the Biltzar organization for the Labourd aurie aroond 1653. See for this Auld Basque Organization:
The witches, witchcraft an witch-huntin investigatit bi the Juistice at Bordeaux in 1609 bi Pierre de Lancre led tae the pairish priest of Ascain tae be burned at the stak publicily.
Ascain wis ane o the French Basque veelages in the 1793-1794 leet bi French Republicans wi a "disgraceful" behavior an aw, mony o the inhabitants bein thus deportit as preesoniers tae ither places, mainly Capbreton.
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eedit- AZKAINE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spainyie
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