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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Luys en Béarn

Area
  
6.01 km²

Arrondissement
  
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Thèze

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
217 (1999)

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Argelos (Argelòs in Occitan) is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Contents

Map of 64450 Argelos, France

Geography

Argelos is located some 25 km north of Pau and 3 km west of Auriac. Access to the commune is by the D214 road from the village north to join the D944 road south-east of Thèze. The A65 autoroute passes through the northern tip of the commune but the nearest exit is Exit 9 near Miossens-Lanusse. The commune is mixed farmland and forest.

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Luy de France forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west fed by its tributaries the Basta and the Balaing.

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Argelos. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicated that Argelos probably had a latin origin of argilla (meaning "Clay") with the suffix -ossum. The meaning of the name would then be "clay soil".

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)
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

    • Origins:

  • Census: Census of Béarn

    • History

    Paul Raymond noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 there were 29 fires in Argelos and it depended on the bailiwick of Pau. Auriac was formerly annexed to the commune.

    The barony of Viven included Argelos, Auriac, and Viven and was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Intercommunality

    Argelos is part of 4 inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Luys en Béarn;
  • the AEP association of the regions of Luy and Gabas;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ;
  • the scholastic association Argelos - Astis.

    • Demography

    In 2009 the commune had 264 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)

    Argelos is part of the urban area of Pau.

    Civil Heritage

    The commune has several buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Maison Marque Farmhouse (18th century)
  • A Farmhouse at Loubané (18th century)
  • The Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte (18th century)
  • A Farmhouse at Lamarque (1725)
  • Houses and Farms (18th century)
  • A Fortified Complex at Lopou (Middle Ages)

    • Religious Heritage

    The Parish Church of Saint-André (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. It contains many items which are registered as historical objects:

    Education

    Argelos has a primary school which is shared with Astis as an inter-communal educational grouping.

    References

    Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Wikipedia
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