Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Canton Arthez-de-Béarn | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Arrondissement Pau Intercommunality Lacq | |
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Arnos is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes.
Geography
Arnos is located some 25 km north-west of Pau and 10 km east of Arthez-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D276 from Castillon in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south-east then east to join the D945. There is a large Formula 3 racetrack in the south of the commune run by the Moto Club Pau-Arnos. The commune consists of farmland except for a few small patches of forest.
Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, Arnos is traversed by the Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn.
Toponymy
The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.
History
In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Inter-communality
Arnos is part of four inter-communal structures:
Demography
In 2009, the commune had 68 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)
Sports Venues
The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.