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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Canton of Navarrenx

Area
  
6.22 km²

Arrondissement
  
Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Navarrenx

Population (2009)
  
106

Local time
  
Saturday 2:12 PM

Angous

Weather
  
13°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 44% Humidity

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Angous is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Contents

Map of 64190 Angous, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angousiens or Angousiennes

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Geography

Angous is located some 5 km south-west of Navarrenx and 12 km north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. It can be accessed by the D2 road which runs from Navarrenx and forms the south-eastern border of the commune before continuing to Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu. Access to the village is by the D69 road which runs off the D2 to the village. The commune consists of mainly farmland with patches of forest.

Located on the watershed of the Adour, the Serrot, a tributary of the Lausset, with many tributaries flows through the commune from south-west to north-east passing near the village. The Ruisseau de Lassere with many tributaries also flows from the south-west towards the northeast to the east of the village and forms part of the eastern border.

Toponymy

The commune name in Gascon is Angós which means "marshy terrain" according to Michel Grosclaude and Brigitte Jobbé-Duval

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Sources:

  • Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Cassini Database (French)
  • Origins:

  • Census: Census of Béarn
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
  • Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron
  • Notaries: Notaries of Navarrenx
  • Angous: Titles of Angous.
  • History

    Paul Raymond noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn. In 1385 there were 12 fires in Angous and it depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx.

    The barony of Gabaston, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn, was made up of Angous, Navailles, and Susmiou.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of the Canton of Navarrenx;
  • the inter-communal association for gaves and of Saleys;
  • the mixed forestry association for the oak groves in the Basque and béarnais valleys;
  • the collection association of Navarrenx;
  • the AEP association of Navarrenx;
  • the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
  • Demography

    In 2009 the commune had 106 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

    Population Change (See database)

    Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

    Economy

    The activity is directed mainly towards agriculture (livestock grazing, market gardening, and horticultural crops). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

    Religious heritage

    The Parish Church of Saint-André (1847) is registered as an historical monument.

    Church Gallery

    The sect Tabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.

    References

    Angous Wikipedia