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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
6.92 km²

Arrondissement
  
Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Navarrenx

INSEE/Postal code
  
64032 / 64190

Population
  
179 (2006)

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

Contents

Map of 64190 Araujuzon, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Araujuzonais or Araujuzonaises.

Location

The town is located some 40 km north-west of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, 15 km east by south-east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn, and 8 km north-west of Navarrenx.

Access

Araujuzon is accessed by the D936 road from Oloron-Sainte-Marie which passes through the north of the commune and continues west to Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren. There is also the D160 road from the southern border where it joins the D115 passing through the length of the commune to the D936 west of the village. The D265 road also links the north of the commune to Narp. The village is close to the D936 and can be reached by a number of country roads.

The Intercity network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques bus network currently has a stop in the commune on Route 850 from Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Sauveterre-de-Béarn.

Hydrography

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the northern border of the commune is formed by the Gave d'Oloron (a tributary of the Gave de Pau River) with its tributary, the Lausset, passing through the commune and joining the Gave d'Oleron near the village. The Ruisseau de la Mousquere rises in the commune and gathers several tributaries while flowing north-west to join the Gave d'Oleron.

The Cassou dou Boue and the Ruisseau de Lescuncette rise in the south of the commune and flow south-east to join the Ruisseau de Harcellane (a tributary of the Lausset).

Toponymy

The name of the commune in Béarnese is Araus-Juzon (according to classical norm of Occitan). The commune name in Gascon is Lajuson.

For Michel Grosclaude, the name comes from lau ("wasteland" or "moor") and juzon ("lower" or "downstream"). Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicated that Juzon meaning "underneath" gives the place name translating as "underneath Arrau", but more likely "underneath Araux" (Araux is called Araus-Suson in Béarnese).

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: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini database (French)

    • Origins:

  • Fors de Béarn
  • Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
  • Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron

    • History

    Paul Raymond noted on page 8 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey which was a vassal of the Viscounty of Béarn. In 1385 Araujuzon had 46 fires and depended on the Bailiwick of Navarrenx. It became a dependency of the Barony of Jasses from 1644 which included Araujuzon, Araux, Jasses, Montfort, and Viellenave. In 1790 the commune was part of the Canton of Sauveterre.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of nine inter-communal strauctures:

  • the Community of communes of the Canton of Navarrenx;
  • the mixed association Bil Ta Garbi;
  • the mixed association of Béarn des Gaves;
  • the inter-communal association of gaves and of Saleys;
  • the association of Gaves Country and of Lausset;
  • the association of schools of Gaveausset;
  • the association for promotion of Navarrenx;
  • the AEP association of Navarrenx;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

    • Araujuzon is also part of the Pays de Lacq Orthez Béarn des Gaves.

    Demography

    In 2009 the commune had 191 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

    Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock, pastures, corn). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

    Facilities

    The commune has an elementary school.

    References

    Araujuzon Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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