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Ascain
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Luz |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque |
| Mayor | Jean-Louis Laduche (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 5–883 m (16–2,897 ft) (avg. 52 m/171 ft) |
| Land area1 | 19.27 km2 (7.44 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 3,598 (2006) |
| - Density | 187 /km2 (480 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64065/ 64310 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Ascain (Basque Azkaine) is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) to the east of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Atlantic Ocean, in the western foothills of the Pyrenees.
The summit of La Rhune, a mountain iconic of the Basque country, is situated approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south of the village. The summit can be reached by the Petit train de la Rhune, which commences from the Col de Saint-Ignace, 3.3 km (2.1 mi) to the east of the village on the D4 road to Sare.
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Bishop of Bayonne, Jean VI de Sossiondo built a big and comfortable house, "Askunda", here during the middle of the 16th century, still to be seen.
Notary Martin Chourio was a syndic from Ascain at the some 56 villages represented at the Biltzar organization for the Labourd area around 1653. See for this Old Basque Organization:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltzar
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltzar
The witches, witchcraft and witch-hunting investigated by the Justice at Bordeaux in 1609 by Pierre de Lancre led to the parish priest of Ascain to be burned at the stake publicily.
Ascain was also one of the French Basque villages in the 1793-1794 list by French Republicans with a "disgraceful" behavior, many of the inhabitants being thus deported as prisoniers to other places, mainly Capbreton.
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