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Country
  
Intercommunality
  
Miey de Béarn

Area
  
10.74 km²

Arrondissement
  
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Canton
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
1,441 (2006)

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

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Map of 64230 Artiguelouve, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artiguelouviens or Artiguelouviennes.

Geography

Artiguelouve is located in the urban area of Pau some 8 km north-west of Pau and 3 km south-west of Lescar. Access to the commune is by road D2 from Laroin in the south-east passing through the north-east of the commune and continuing north-west to Pardies. The D509 connects the D2 to the D817 across the river. The D804 branches off the D2 in the commune and goes west along the northern fringe of the town and continues to Arbus. Access to the centre of the town is by the D146 which branches off the D804 and goes south through the town and continues to Aubertin. The residential area of the town occupies about 10% of the commune with the rest mixed forest and farmland.

Bus Route 802 from Artix to Pau of the Interurban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques has a stop in the commune.

The Gave de Pau runs along the north-eastern border of the commune and passes through the north of the commune flowing north-west. The Juscle river flows from the south of the commune to near the town then flows north-west parallel to the Gave de Pau until it eventually joins the Gave de Pau near Tarsacq.

Toponymy

Artiguelouve (meaning "clearing of wolves" in the béarnaise definition), comes from 'artiga which means "clearing" or "fallow land" and the oronym lob ("height").

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)
  • Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • Origins:

  • Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.
  • Order of Malta: Titles of the Order of Malta
  • Census: Census of Béarn
  • Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar
  • Cour Major: Regulations of the Cour Major
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
  • History

    Paul Raymond noted on page 14 of his 1863 dictionary that, in 1385, Artiguelouve had 28 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau. The commune was a dependency of the Marquisate of Gassion and, with Poey, formed the jurisdiction of a notary.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Miey de Béarn;
  • the SIVU for nursing home care for senior citizens in the Canton of Lescar;
  • the AEP association of Gave and Baise;
  • the association for the management of the Drainage basin of theJuscle and its tributaries;
  • the Sanitation association for the communes of the valleys of the Juscle and the Baise;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for defence against flooding of the Gave de Pau;
  • Demography

    In 2010 the commune had 1,544 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

    The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Jurançon AOC, Béarn AOC, and Ossau-iraty.

    Religious heritage

    The Church of Saint-Michel (15th century) is registered as a historical monument.

    Education

    The commune has a school grouping consisting of two kindergarten classes and five primary school class (Marc Dugène School Group) as well as a library / media centre.

    Sports and Sports facilities

    The Artiguelouve Golf Course and also that of Billère are the two golf courses in the Pau area. La Maison des sports was opened on 29 May 2010.

    Le FC3A is a football club and school for players from Artiguelouve, Arbus, and Aubertin.

    Notable people linked to the commune

  • Paul Ducournau, born at Orthez in 1910 and died at Artiguelouve in 1985, was a General in the French Army.
  • References

    Artiguelouve Wikipedia


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