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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Pau-Pyrénées

Area
  
8.12 km²

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Pau-Est

Population (2010)
  
914

Arrondissement
  
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Artigueloutan is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Contents

Map of 64420 Artigueloutan, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artigueloutanais or Artigueloutanaises.

Geography

Artigueloutan is located some 11 km east by south-east of Pau and 9 km south of Morlaàs. Access to the commune is by the D817 from Pau in the west passing through the north of the commune and continuing to Soumoulou in the east. Access to the village is by the D215 road from Assat in the south-west passing through the village and continuing north to Andoins. The D213 comes from Ousse in the west passing through the village and continuing east to Nousty. The commune is entirely farmland.

The Idelis bus line has two stops in the commune: one on route P10 from Pau Auchan to Artigueloutan - Community Hall and the second is Demand responsive transport Flexis Zone Est.

The Ruisseau de l'Ousse passes through the centre of the commune from east to west and continues to join the Gave de Pau at Pau.

Toponymy

The name Artigueloutan appears in the forms:

  • Artigueloptaa (1385),
  • Artigalopta, and Artigelobtaa (14th century, Census of Béarn),
  • Arthigueloutan (1457, Notaries of Assat),
  • Artigaloutaa (1536, Titles of Affiefdom),
  • Artigalotaa (1675, Reformation of Béarn),
  • 'Artiguelotaa on the Cassini Map 1750, and
  • Artigue-Loutan (1801, Bulletin des lois).

    • Its name in béarnais is Artigalotan (according to the classical norm of Occitan). According to Michel Grosclaude the name comes from the Gascon artigalota, meaning "small cleared land", with the suffix -anam.

    A farm at a place called Belloc was mentioned in the Topographic Dictionary of 1863.

    Les Bordes, also called Viellelongue, was a hamlet in the commune in 1675, (Reformation of Béarn.

    Lou Bouey is an old hamlet in Artigueloutan which has been mentioned with the spellings:

  • Lo Boey (1457, Cartulary of Ossau f. 177), and
  • Louboey (1863).

    • Paul Raymond indicated that there was a Lay Abbey at Lou Bouey, dependent on the Viscounts of Béarn.

    Cambus, a farm in Artigueloutan, was also a fief which, in 1538, included the commuens of Ousse and Rontignon, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

    Clerguet was a farm and a fief of the commune, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn, mentioned in 1538.

    The Fort de César was a Motte-and-bailey castle in Artigueloutan and Ousse, mentioned in 1863.

    Rigabert is the name of a farm mentioned in the dictionary of 1863.

    History

    Paul Raymond noted that in 1385, Artigueloutan had 28 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of the Agglomeration of Pau-Pyrénées;
  • the AEP association of the Ousse Valley;
  • the association for the management of the Drainage basin of the Ousse;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for sanitation for the communes of the Ousse plain;
  • the inter-communal association for the construction of a rescue centre at Soumoulou;
  • the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES at Bizanos.

    • Demography

    In 2010 the commune had 914 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)

    Artigueloutan is part of the Urban area of Pau.

    Economy

    The commune is partially part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty

    Sites and monuments

  • The Church of Saint John the Baptist dates to the middle of the 19th century. It is registered as a historical monument.

    • Environmental heritage

    The Chemin Henri-IV passes along the south-western border of the commune.

    Education

    Artigueloutan has a primary school.

    References

    Artigueloutan Wikipedia
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