Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The people of the commune are known as Ahastar. Geography Location Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan is part of Cize/Garazi country which was a historical province in Lower Navarre. It includes three former parishes, sometimes counted as four groups of houses in the Middle Ages and with five toponyms: Alciette, Ahaxe, Garatehegi, Ligeta, and Bascassan located at the confluence of the Laurhibar and Esteneko streams. Alciette is the parish farthest away to the northeast in the combination of the three parishes. Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan is located some 6 km south-east of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and can be accessed by Highway D18 running from close to there through the heart of the commune southeast to Lecumberry. The village is not on the highway and is left onto the country road Vierge-d'Ahaxe off the D18 heading southeast. There is a country road from Aincille in the west to the village of Bascassin in the commune and there are other country roads entering from the north and the southeast. Hydrography The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the commune lands are watered by the Laurhibar, a tributary of the Nive, and a tributary of that, the Esteneko stream. The Apatéko stream, a tributary of the Arzubiko stream also crosses the territory of Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan. Localities and hamlets Aguerréa Ahatsaxilo (former parish) Ahaxamendy Ahaxe Alciette Bascassan Bastida Bernetcheko Borda Bidartéa Bordes (2 places) Buirguista Buluntza Chilinchabidéa Chilo Curutchet (or Garat) Dorrea Errékaldéa Erromatéguia (2 places) Etcheverria Garatehegi Garatéko Eyhéra Gastelua Gastalepo Haraune Harguindéguia Idioinea Irahane Iriberria Irigaraya Irustikoborda Italatzé Kapila Larluzia Libiéta Lietamendy Ligeta Olherry Orido Ospitaletchia Sagardoyguibel Seineguy Uhaïtzia Urrutia Toponymy The commune's name in Basque is Ahatsa-Alzieta-Baskazane. Ahaxe The toponym Ahaxe appears in the forms: Hatce (1167) Fax (1194) domine de ahacha (1194) Assa, Aassa, and Hassa (1249) Ahatxa (1300) Ahaxa (1302 Chapter of Bayonne) Haxa and Ahaxe (1304) Axa (1309 and 1350) Hatxa (1350) Hadssa (1366) Ahtxe (1703), Visits of Bayonne Sanctus Julianus Ahaxe (1757, Diocese of Bayonne collections). Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicates that the toponym comes from the Basque oronymic base of (h)aitz meaning "rock" or "height". The people of the commune are called in Basque Ahatsar. Alciette The toponym Alciette appears in the forms: Alsuete (1249) La Grange Alsuete (1302, Chapter of Bayonne) Alçueta (1305) Alzueta (1513, Titles of Pamplona) Alçuete and Alçueta (1350)) Alchuete (1387) Alchuette (1387) Alçueta