Hasparren

Location It's a commune fait partie of the Basque Province of Labourd. The Côte Basque (Euskal Kostaldea), is 25 km to the west. Access Hasparren is located on the route D 10, between La Bastide-Clairence and Cambo-les-Bains, at the crossroads with D 21, D 22 and D 23. It has got access to autoroute A 64, exit 4 near Briscous. Hydrography The rivers Ardanabia and Suhihandia (a tributary of the Aran), flow through the commune. Locations Eight settlements compose the Commune of Hasparren: • Labiri ; • Elizaberri ; • la Coste (la Côte sur les cartes IGN) ; • Peña (Pegna sur les cartes IGN) ; • Minhotz ; • la Ville ; • Urcuray ; • Bas-Labiri et Zelhaia . == Toponymy ==

Ancient attestations It is attestested with various words: Hesperenne (1247 in Cartulaire de Bayonne) Santus Johannes de Ahesparren, Hesparren und Haesparren (the former two 1255 and 1288 in Chapitre de Bayonne), Ahezparenne (1288, Rôles Gascons), Esparren (1310, Cartulaire de Bayonne - and not form "Haritz barne" (Inner Oak) as the local tradition says. Other toponyms The toponym Elizaberri appears with the from Éliçaberria (1863, dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque). The toponym Celhay appears ==Population==