Ayros-Arbouix

Ayros-Arbouix is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Ayros-Arbouix
Commune
View of the Mountains from Arbouix
Coat of arms
Location of Ayros-Arbouix
Ayros-Arbouix
Ayros-Arbouix
Coordinates: 43°00′20″N 0°03′52″W
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHautes-Pyrénées
ArrondissementArgelès-Gazost
CantonLa Vallée des Gaves
IntercommunalityCC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Régis Baudiffier
Area
1
2.72 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
314
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
65055 /65400
Elevation418–880 m (1,371–2,887 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 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 Aybouisois or Aybouisoises.[2]

Geography

Ayros-Arbouix is part of the Pyrénées National Park and is located some 10 km south of Lourdes just east of Argelès-Gazost. Access to the commune is by road D821 from Lourdes which changes to the D913 at the commune border and passes down the western side of the commune continuing south to join the D921 near Villelongue. The D13 comes from Boô-Silhen in the north and passes through the centre of the commune before continuing south to Préchac. The D100 links the D821 to the D13 in the commune. Access to the village is by a country road east from the D13. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Couture Bague south-west of the village and Arbouix in the south of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]

The Gave de Pau flows along the western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Gave d'Oloron forming the Gaves Réunis at Peyrehorade. The Estau river flows west through the centre of the commune to join the Gave de Pau. The Ruisseau d'Aygueberden flows west though the south of the commune to join the Gave de Pau.[3]

The Gave de Pau with the bridge from Ayros-Arbouix (left) to Argelès-Gazost

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Heraldry
Arms of Ayros-Arbouix
 These arms are faulty as they do not comply with the rule of tincture (Sable on Azure).

Blazon:
Azure, a fesse wavy enhanced of Argent, in chief the Arial letters AY to dexter and AR to sinister the same, in base a bow Sable stringed Gules and arrow notched Azure feathered and armed Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
18311831Cazajous
18621862Justin Nogue
18701870Louis Cayrey
19651977André Sempé
19771989Louis Pédarribes
19892014Jean Louis Pambrun
20142020Régis Baudiffier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 314 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 148—    
1800 193+3.87%
1806 192−0.09%
1821 212+0.66%
1831 198−0.68%
1836 222+2.31%
1841 344+9.15%
1846 380+2.01%
1851 401+1.08%
1856 422+1.03%
1861 360−3.13%
1866 365+0.28%
1872 338−1.27%
1876 337−0.07%
1881 351+0.82%
1886 317−2.02%
1891 280−2.45%
1896 252−2.09%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 266+1.09%
1906 262−0.30%
1911 232−2.40%
1921 223−0.39%
1926 206−1.57%
1931 204−0.19%
1936 192−1.21%
1946 206+0.71%
1954 211+0.30%
1962 220+0.52%
1968 228+0.60%
1975 235+0.43%
1982 256+1.23%
1990 230−1.33%
1999 231+0.05%
2007 316+3.99%
2012 278−2.53%
2017 314+2.47%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]
The Gave de Pau from the bridge

Sports
Arbouix village

The village has a green where Quilles de Neuf (Nine Bowls) is played.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Hautes-Pyrénées (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. Données Cassini, EHESS
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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