ASCAIN (AZKAINE in Basque, which J-B. Orpustan says is derived from the transformation of « aitz-gain » rocky height). About 2,700 inhabitants (Azkaindar). An attractive village (immortalized by novellist Pierre LOTI in Ramuntcho, 1897) with a pretty square closed on one side by a "fronton" (wall of the pelota court) ; church with a massive square l6th and l7th-century belfry ; houses typical of the Labourd province ; ancient communal wash-house... At the foot of the Rhune mountain, which can be reached by the famous little cog-railway. 17th-century Roman-style bridge over the Nivelle river. Tourist Information Center (in french) If a search engine selected this single page separated from the remainder of the Real Estate Web Gaztelua ... click on