Arnos

Arnos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Arnos
Commune
A general view of Arnos
Location of Arnos
Arnos
Arnos
Coordinates: 43°27′29″N 0°31′54″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonArtix et Pays de Soubestre
IntercommunalityCC Lacq-Orthez
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Alain Pédegert
Area
1
5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
113
 • Density20/km2 (51/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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes.[2]

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

[5]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[3]

Toponymy

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

History

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

Administration
The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[7]

FromToNamePartyPosition
18321852Henri Pétrou
19952001André Bourdieu
20012020Alain Pedegert

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

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

In 2017, the commune had 113 inhabitants.

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[8] and INSEE[9]
Arnos War Memorial

Sports Venues
circuit Pau-Arnos Race Track

The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Aubin (Q3360500)".
  5. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  6. 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. Données Cassini, EHESS
  9. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  10. Pau-Arnos Racing Circuit website (in French)
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