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Arnos

Coordinates: 43°27′29″N 0°31′54″W / 43.4581°N 0.5317°W / 43.4581; -0.5317
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Arnos
A general view of Arnos
A general view of Arnos
Coat of arms of Arnos
Location of Arnos
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Arnos is located in France
Arnos
Arnos
Arnos is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arnos
Arnos
Coordinates: 43°27′29″N 0°31′54″W / 43.4581°N 0.5317°W / 43.4581; -0.5317
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonArtix et Pays de Soubestre
IntercommunalityCC Lacq-Orthez
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Pédegert[1]
Area
1
5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
136
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64048 /64370
Elevation133–232 m (436–761 ft)
(avg. 155 m or 509 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arnos (French pronunciation: [aʁnɔs]; Occitan: Arnós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

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Arnos Church

Arnos is located some 25 km north-west of Pau and 10 km east of Arthez-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D276 from Castillon in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south-east then east to join the D945. There is a large Formula 3 racetrack in the south of the commune run by the Moto Club Pau-Arnos. The commune consists of farmland except for a few small patches of forest.[3]

The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.[4]

Places and Hamlets

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  • Bousquet
  • Carracou
  • Cassauba
  • Castandet
  • Castéra
  • Marquine
  • Monplaisir
  • Montagut
  • Pallane
  • Pédoussau
  • Péré
  • Péruilh
  • Péruillet
  • Pétrou
  • Poey (ruins)
  • Saintong
  • Sansot

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Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

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The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.[6]

History

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In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.[6]

Administration

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The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[7]

From To Name
1832 1852 Henri Pétrou
1995 2001 André Bourdieu
2001 2026 Alain Pédegert

Inter-communality

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Arnos is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez;
  • the Water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons ;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ;
  • the inter-communal association of Arthez-de-Béarn.

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes in French.[8]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 252—    
1800 204−2.97%
1806 243+2.96%
1821 290+1.19%
1831 302+0.41%
1836 254−3.40%
1841 241−1.05%
1846 259+1.45%
1851 231−2.26%
1856 226−0.44%
1861 200−2.41%
1866 187−1.34%
1872 198+0.96%
1876 191−0.90%
1881 186−0.53%
1886 189+0.32%
1891 175−1.53%
1896 160−1.78%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 158−0.25%
1906 153−0.64%
1911 155+0.26%
1921 119−2.61%
1926 118−0.17%
1931 115−0.51%
1936 106−1.62%
1946 99−0.68%
1954 100+0.13%
1962 71−4.19%
1968 74+0.69%
1975 63−2.27%
1982 70+1.52%
1990 68−0.36%
1999 68+0.00%
2007 67−0.19%
2012 80+3.61%
2017 113+7.15%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]
Arnos War Memorial

Sports Venues

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circuit Pau-Arnos Race Track

The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Google Maps
  4. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Aubin (Q3360500)".
  5. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  6. ^ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 10 (in French)
  7. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  8. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  9. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arnos, EHESS (in French).
  10. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  11. ^ Pau-Arnos Racing Circuit website (in French)
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