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Duel 1 angous vs arzon
Angous is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Contents
- Duel 1 angous vs arzon
- Map of 64190 Angous France
- Dojo duel arzon vs angous tensai by hanif13
- Geography
- Toponymy
- History
- Administration
- Inter communality
- Demography
- Economy
- Religious heritage
- References
Map of 64190 Angous, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angousiens or Angousiennes
Dojo duel arzon vs angous tensai by hanif13
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.
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Origins:
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:
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.
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.
The sect Tabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.