The Aspe Valley ( French : Vallée d'Aspe , pronounced [vale dasp] ; Occitan : Vath d'Aspa ) is a valley in the French part of the Pyrenees , department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques .
4-583: It is one of the three valleys located in the historic region of upper Béarn , along with the Ossau Valley to the east and Barétous Valley to the west. The valley of Aspe stretches for 25 miles along the river Gave d'Aspe , roughly going from the town of Escot to the Spanish border where it meets the Aragon Valley, named after the Spanish river . Thirteen towns, or communes, are established in
8-704: Is a valley of the French Pyrénées , in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département . 18 communes belong to the Valley: Arudy , Aste-Béon , Béost , Bescat , Bielle , Bilhères , Buzy , Castet , Eaux-Bonnes , Gère-Bélesten , Izeste , Laruns , Louvie-Juzon , Louvie-Soubiron , Lys , Rébénacq , Sainte-Colome and Sévignacq-Meyracq . 42°59′N 00°25′W / 42.983°N 0.417°W / 42.983; -0.417 This Pyrénées-Atlantiques geographical article
12-525: The sovereign state of Béarn , in which the valley was located, was annexed by the kingdom of France. During the Peninsular War in 1808, the troops of Napoleon passed through the valley while invading Spain. 42°57′00″N 0°36′00″W / 42.9500°N 0.6000°W / 42.9500; -0.6000 Ossau Valley The Ossau Valley ( French : Vallée d'Ossau [vale dɔso] ; Gascon : Aussau / la vath d'Aussau )
16-498: The valley. From the north to the south, these are: Escot , Lourdios-Ichère , Sarrance , Bedous , Osse-en-Aspe , Aydius , Accous , Lées-Athas , Lescun , Cette-Eygun , Etsaut , Borce and Urdos . The traditional dialect spoken in the valley is Gascon , a regional variety of Occitan language . The region has been invaded by many groups through its history: Moors, Romans, Germanic tribes, as well as kingdoms in Spain. In 1620,
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