Aressy
Aressy is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the urban area of Pau.
Geography
Aressy is located four kilometres south-east of Pau within the urban area of Pau. Access to the commune is by the D937 road from Pau which continues south-east to Meillon.The Idelis bus route P23 stops at Aressy Clinic at Pôle Bosquet. The commune is also served by Route 835 of the Interurban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques between Bénéjacq and Pau, and by Route 805 between Lourdes and Pau.
Much of the commune is residential with some farmland and a large lake in the south.
The Gave de Pau flows north-west through the western part of the commune, and the Lagoin flows through the centre of the commune before joining the Gave de Pau just north-west of the commune.
Places and Hamlets
- Las Costes
- Labielle
- Marque
- Matachot
- Le Saligat
Toponymy
Its name in Bearnais is Aressi.Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicates that the place name could come from the Basque, meaning "place where there are rocks" which would confirm the hypothesis by Michel Grosclaude of ar- with the Basque locative suffix -etz transformed into -esse.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
| Aressy | Aressa | 1010 | Jobbé | Village | ||
| Aressa | 1101 | Raymond | 9 | Lescar | ||
| Aresi | 12th century | Raymond | 9 | Lescar | ||
| Arecii | 1376 | Raymond | 9 | Military | ||
| Eressi | 1385 | Raymond | 9 | Census | ||
| Arecii | 1538 | Raymond | 9 | Reformation | ||
| Arressii | 1546 | Raymond | 9 | Reformation | ||
| Aressy | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
| Arressy | 1793 | Ldh/EHESS/Cassini | ||||
| Le Junca | Le Junca | 1863 | Raymond | 86 | Place | |
| Les Pelades | Les Pelades | 1863 | Raymond | 133 | Place | |
| Le Saliga | Le Saliga | 1863 | Raymond | 133 | Moor | |
| Le Tuquet | Le Tuquet | 1863 | Raymond | 169 | Wood |
Sources:
- Jobbé: Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Raymond:, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
- Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006
- Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
- Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:
- Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar
- Military: Military Inspection of Béarn
- Census: Census of Béarn
- Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
History
Paul Raymond noted on page 9 of his dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. In 1385, Aressy had nine fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.Administration
List of Successive Mayors| From | To | Name | Party |
| 1995 | 2001 | Monique Lanusse-Cazalé | |
| 2001 | 2026 | Claude Ferrato | MoDem |
Inter-communality
Aressy is part of nine inter-communal structures:- the Public agency of local management;
- the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées;
- the AEP association for the Jurançon region;
- the defense against floods association for the Lagoin catchment area;
- the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
- the inter-communal association for the Narcastet leisure centre;
- the inter-communal association for defense against flooding of the Gave de Pau;
- the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES of Bizanos;
- the Joint association for urban transport Pau - Porte des Pyrenees