Astis

File:D834 à Astis.JPG

Astis is located some 20 km north of Pau and some 4 km south of Miossens-Lanusse. Access to the commune is by road D834 (Route de Bordeaux) from Pau entering the commune from the south-west passing through the village and continuing north to Sarron. The D39 road (Route de Morlaas) branches off the D834 in the north of the commune and goes south-east to Anos. The commune has a strip of forest along the length of the commune from north-west to south-east, parallel to the Route de Morlaas with the rest of the commune farmland.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Astis/@43.4362235,-0.3232469,3300m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5640f3095f1615:0x40665174813ab60?hl=en Google Maps]

The Luy de France forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north eventually joining the Luy de Béarn and becoming the Luy river on the eastern border of Castel-Sarrazin commune. The Basta river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-west joining the Luy de France north of the commune.

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• Anos
• Baradat
• Bernadot
• La Caserne
• Château
• Chinchin
• Dibet
• Guichanné
• Jacoulet
• Lamazou
• Nabarrot
• Pascal
• Plantié
• Sarrette
• Sarthoulet
• Sébat
• Tauhuré

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[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.3269,43.4419&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail], IGN {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic location

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|Centre = Astis

|North =

|Northeast = Auriac

|East = Lasclaveries

|Southeast = Escoubès

|South = Saint-Armou

|Southwest = Navailles-Angos

|West = Doumy

|Northwest = Argelos

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The commune name in béarnais is also Astis. Michel Grosclaude proposed a Gascon etymology es (an old definitive article) followed by t(h)in ("Dependence") or tin ("singer").

The following table details the origins of the commune name:

;Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. {{in lang|fr}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees], Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang|fr}}
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 {{in lang|fr}}Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN|2 35068 005 3}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang|fr}}
• Cassini Map: Cassini Map from 1750[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=nn.nnnn&lon=n.nnnn&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 - Asson]

File:Mairie d'Astis.JPG

List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22176 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}

File:Centre de collecte selective d'Astis.JPG

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:[http://comdpt.pyrenees-atlantiques.pref.gouv.fr/ComDpt64/ComGrp.php?siren=216400705&licom=Astis Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518082814/http://comdpt.pyrenees-atlantiques.pref.gouv.fr/ComDpt64/ComGrp.php?siren=216400705&licom=Astis |date=May 18, 2014 }}, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 2 March 2012 {{in lang|fr}}

• the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
• the AEP association of the regions of Luy and Gabas;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the scholastic association Argelos-Astis;

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astisiens or Astisiennes in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|1555|Astis}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64070#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |157

|1800 |97

|1821 |175

|1831 |215

|1836 |232

|1841 |222

|1846 |225

|1851 |220

|1856 |220

|1861 |227

|1866 |213

|1872 |170

|1876 |166

|1881 |180

|1886 |180

|1891 |193

|1896 |189

|1901 |190

|1906 |171

|1911 |167

|1921 |154

|1926 |140

|1931 |128

|1936 |139

|1946 |119

|1954 |108

|1962 |111

|1968 |101

|1975 |98

|1982 |163

|1990 |198

|1999 |266

|2007 |293

|2012 |312

|2017 |306

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The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Chateau (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00027386|IA00027386 Chateau}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Maison Mouras Farmhouse (1771){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026710|IA00026710 Maison Mourras}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Farmhouse at Lamazou (1646){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026709|IA00026709 Farmhouse at Lamazou}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Maison Larrieu Farmhouse (17th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026708|IA00026708 Maison Larrieu}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Maison Lassus Farmhouse (1894){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026707|IA00026707 Maison Lassus}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Houses and Farms (17th-19th centuries){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026706|IA00026706 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Fortified Complex (Prehistoric){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026705|IA00026705 Fortified complex}} {{in lang|fr}}

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The Church of Saint John the Baptist (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}} is registered as a historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026704|IA00026704 Church of Saint John the Baptist}} {{in lang|fr}}

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Bronze Bell (1591){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000058|PM64000058 Bronze bell}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Furniture in the Church{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001162|PM64001162 Furniture}} {{in lang|fr}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001148|PM64001148 2 Altar Candlesticks}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Bronze Bell in the bell tower (1591){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001161|PM64001161 Bronze Bell in the bell tower}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Ciborium (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001160|PM64001160 Ciborium}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Altar Candlesticks (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001159|PM64001159 2 Altar Candlesticks}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Altar Candlesticks (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001158|PM64001158 2 Altar Candlesticks}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Altar Candlesticks (torch bodies) (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001157|PM64001157 2 Altar Candlesticks (torch bodies)}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Painting: Saint John in the desert (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001156|PM64001156 Painting: Saint John in the desert}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Worship bench (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001155|PM64001155 Worship bench}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Baptismal fonts (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001154|PM64001154 Baptismal fonts}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Statues: Saint Peter & Saint John (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001153|PM64001153 2 Statues: Saint Peter & Saint John}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Bas-relief: Christ on the cross between Saint Madeleine & Saint John (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001152|PM64001152 Bas-relief: Christ on the cross between Saint Madeleine & Saint John}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Retable (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001151|PM64001151 Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Altar seating and Tabernacle (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001150|PM64001150 Altar seating and tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Main Altar Seating, Tabernacle, and Retable{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64001149|PM64001149 Main Altar Seating, Tabernacle, and Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}

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Astis has a primary school which is shared with Argelos as an inter-communal educational grouping.

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

• [http://www.cclb64.fr/ Community of communes of Luys en Béarn] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.3269,43.4419&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Astis on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.4419&lon=-0.3269&zoom=13 Astis on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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