Anos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Anos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. It is part of the urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.[2]

Anos
Commune
Town hall
Location of Anos
Anos
Anos
Coordinates: 43°23′57″N 0°17′29″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonPays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès
IntercommunalityNord Est Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Christelle Desclaux
Area
1
1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
192
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64027 /64160
Elevation199–305 m (653–1,001 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anosiens or Anosiennes[3]

The recycling centre
The Main road from the Town Hall
Landscape from the Town Hall

Geography

Anos is located some 15 km north-east of Pau and 10 km south-east of Auriac. Access to the commune is by road D39 from Morlaas in the south passing north through the commune and the village and continuing north to join the D834 just north of Astis. Several other country roads also pass through the commune.

The Lau river forms the western border of the commune with the eastern shore of the Lake of Saint-Amour (also called the Lake of Anos) forming the part just west of the village. The Lau flows north to join the Luy de France which also forms the eastern border of the commune.[4]

Historical Localities and hamlets
  • Guilhem
  • Guillaumet
  • Guiraut
  • Jouannes
  • Lartigue
  • Peyré
  • Peys
  • Puyau
  • Tachoères[5]

[6] [7]

Toponymy

The commune name in Béarnais is Anòs (according to the classical norm of Occitan).

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[8] indicates that Anos could be of Gallic origin being the name of the property owner Andus plus the suffix -ossu with a proposed meaning of "Domain of Andus".

The name Anos was mentioned in 1243[9] in the Titles of Ossau[10] and in the Cassini map in 1750[11]).

History

Paul Raymond[9] noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that in the 14th century Anos belonged to the community of Preachers of Morlaàs.

The commune was part of the archdeaconry of Vic-Bihl which depended on the diocese of Lescar of which Lembeye was the capital.[9]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[12]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952008Jacques Cantonnet
20082014Patrick Yacger
20142020Christelle Desclaux

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

Anos is part of five inter-communal structures:[13]

  • The Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn;
  • The SIVU for the maintenance of roads, parks and buildings in Barinque;
  • The AEP association for the Regions of Luy and Gabas;
  • The Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • The iner-communal association for irrigation of Anos - Saint-Armou.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 192 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
179394—    
180086−1.26%
182181−0.28%
1831108+2.92%
1836126+3.13%
1841124−0.32%
1846129+0.79%
185195−5.94%
185686−1.97%
186194+1.79%
1866108+2.82%
187299−1.44%
YearPop.±% p.a.
187699+0.00%
188192−1.46%
188689−0.66%
189186−0.68%
189686+0.00%
190189+0.69%
190675−3.37%
191182+1.80%
192167−2.00%
192673+1.73%
193167−1.70%
193665−0.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
194658−1.13%
195453−1.12%
196258+1.13%
196840−6.00%
197544+1.37%
198262+5.02%
1990120+8.60%
1999149+2.43%
2007185+2.74%
2012185+0.00%
2017192+0.75%
Source: EHESS[14] and INSEE (1968-2017)[15]

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage
  • The Maison Tachoères farmhouse (1768) is registered as an historical monument.[5]
  • Other Houses and Farms (18th-19th century) are also registered as historical monuments.[16]

Religious heritage
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (11th century) is registered as an historical monument.[17]

Environmental heritage

An artificial lake called Lake Saint-Armou or Lake of Anos[7] is on the border between the two communes.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Commune d'Anos (64027), INSEE
  3. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  4. Google Maps
  5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026891 Maison Tachoères farmhouse (in French)
  6. Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn, 2006, ISBN 2 35068 005 3 (in French)
  7. Géoportail, IGN, consulted on 25 November 2011 (in French)
  8. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of Place Names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  9. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  10. Titles of the Ossau Valley - Departmental archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  11. Cassini Map 1750 - Anos
  12. List of Mayors of France
  13. Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 25 November 2011 (in French)
  14. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Anos, EHESS. (in French)
  15. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026890 Houses and Farms (in French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026892 Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (in French)
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