Ascarat (French pronunciation: [askaʁat]; Basque: Azkarate)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

[4][5] Ascarat is located in the former province of Lower Navarre in the Aldudes Valley immediately north-west of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

[6] The Nive river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour at Bayonne.

[8] Chubitoa was a hamlet in Ascarat and Anhaux, mentioned in 1863[13] Jauréguy was a fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre, cited in the 1863 dictionary[14] as was Larragoyen.

[16] In 1391 Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry included the modern communes of Anhaux, Ascarat, Irouléguy, and Lasse.