Asson
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 43°08′29″N 0°15′14″W / 43.1414°N 0.2539°WCoordinates: 43°08′29″N 0°15′14″W / 43.1414°N 0.2539°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Nay-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Nay |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Marc Canton |
| Area1 | 83.02 km2 (32.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 2,000 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64068 /64800 |
| Elevation | 255–1,848 m (837–6,063 ft) (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Asson is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Assonais.
Asson is a large commune in the Ouzom Valley some 30 km south by south-east of Pau and 35 km east by south-east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie which almost completely surrounds the commune of Arthez-d'Asson. The south-eastern border of the commune is the border between the departments of Pyrenees-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by the D 35 road from Igon in the east which passes through the village and continues west to Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget. The D 36 road comes from Nay in the north to join the D 35 just west of the village. The D 126 road goes south from the village to Arthez-d'Asson. The D 226 branches from the D 126 and goes east by a circuitous route to Lestelle-Betharram. The southern half of the commune is mountainous and heavily forested while the north is farmland with scattered small patches of forest.
The Pyrénées-Atlantiques Interurban Network of buses has a stop in the commune on route 810 from Lys to Pau
Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, Asson has the Gave de Pau on a short section of the north-eastern border, a tributary of the Adour, and is traversed by its tributaries the Ouzoum and the Béez.
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