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
- Geography
- Toponymy
- History
- Administration
- Inter communality
- Demography
- Economy
- Sites and monuments
- Environmental heritage
- Education
- References
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:
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:
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:
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.
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
Environmental heritage
The Chemin Henri-IV passes along the south-western border of the commune.
Education
Artigueloutan has a primary school.