# Aressy

Aressy (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Arèssi) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the urban area (unité urbaine) 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 (Transports 64) 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

### Neighbouring communes and villages

vtePlaces adjacent to Aressy :
Bizanos
Pau
Idron
Mazères-Lezons
Aressy
Ousse
Uzos
Rontignon
Meillon :

## Toponymy

Its name in Bearnais is Aressi (according to the classical norm of Occitan).
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- ("stone or rock") 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: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)
* Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)
* Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
* Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aressy, EHESS (in French).
Origins:
* 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

## Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arésyiens or Arésyiennes in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 480 | — |
| 1800 | 215 | −10.84% |
| 1806 | 202 | −1.03% |
| 1821 | 230 | +0.87% |
| 1831 | 276 | +1.84% |
| 1836 | 273 | −0.22% |
| 1841 | 288 | +1.08% |
| 1846 | 314 | +1.74% |
| 1851 | 313 | −0.06% |
| 1856 | 334 | +1.31% |
| 1861 | 345 | +0.65% |
| 1866 | 343 | −0.12% |
| 1872 | 360 | +0.81% |
| 1876 | 355 | −0.35% |
| 1881 | 368 | +0.72% |
| 1886 | 374 | +0.32% |
| 1891 | 345 | −1.60% |
| 1896 | 326 | −1.13% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 346 | +1.20% |
| 1906 | 328 | −1.06% |
| 1911 | 321 | −0.43% |
| 1921 | 320 | −0.03% |
| 1926 | 357 | +2.21% |
| 1931 | 429 | +3.74% |
| 1936 | 418 | −0.52% |
| 1946 | 416 | −0.05% |
| 1954 | 450 | +0.99% |
| 1962 | 399 | −1.49% |
| 1968 | 476 | +2.98% |
| 1975 | 601 | +3.39% |
| 1982 | 578 | −0.56% |
| 1990 | 546 | −0.71% |
| 1999 | 543 | −0.06% |
| 2007 | 571 | +0.63% |
| 2012 | 638 | +2.24% |
| 2017 | 712 | +2.22% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE :

## Economy

The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

## Culture and Heritage
### Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Denys (1874) is registered as an historical monument.