Angous

Angous
Commune
The road into Angous
The road into Angous
Location of Angous
Map
Angous is located in France
Angous
Angous
Angous is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Angous
Angous
Coordinates: 43°17′41″N 0°48′45″W / 43.2947°N 0.8125°W / 43.2947; -0.8125
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonLe Cœur de Béarn
IntercommunalityBéarn des Gaves
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Francis Lansalot-Matras[1]
Area
1
6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
94
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64025 /64190
Elevation133–262 m (436–860 ft)
(avg. 177 m or 581 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Angous (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡus]; Occitan: Angós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Geography

Angous is located some 5 km south-west of Navarrenx and 12 km north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. It can be accessed by the D2 road which runs from Navarrenx and forms the south-eastern border of the commune before continuing to Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu. Access to the village is by the D69 road which runs off the D2 to the village. The commune consists of mainly farmland with patches of forest.[3]

Located on the watershed of the Adour, the Serrot, a tributary of the Lausset, with many tributaries flows through the commune from south-west to north-east passing near the village. The Ruisseau de Lassere with many tributaries also flows from the south-west towards the northeast to the east of the village and forms part of the eastern border.

Places and Hamlets

  • Beigbédé
  • Bestit
  • Bois de Carrié
  • Bonnehoun
  • Bordenave
  • Cabane
  • Caillau[4]
  • Carrié
  • Chincas
  • Claverie
  • Denis
  • Jaquet
  • Labadie
  • Labatut
  • Labourdette
  • Lagrave
  • Lahaderne
  • Larrieu
  • Lartigue
  • Lauga
  • Ligaray
  • Maréchal
  • Miranda
  • Mirassou
  • Montjoye
  • Mouliet
  • Nabarre (ruins)
  • Olive
  • Parfouby
  • Poumirau
  • Pucheu
  • Serbielle[4]
  • Serrot[4]
  • Trouilh

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in Gascon is Angós which means "marshy terrain" according to Michel Grosclaude[5] and Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[6]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Angous Angos 1385 Raymond
6
 Census Village
Anguos 1548 Raymond
6
 Reformation
Saint-André d'Angous 1673 Raymond
6
 Insinuations
Angous 1750 Cassini
Angoust 1793 Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
Angons 1801 Ldh/EHESS/Cassini Bulletin des Lois
Caillau Caillau 1863 Raymond
39
 Fief
Dalen Dalen 1863 Raymond
54
 Farm
Les Navailles Navaillez 1366 Raymond
121
 Chapter of Navailles Hamlet, former commune founded in 1366
Los Nabalhes 1385 Raymond
121
 Census
Los Navalhees d'Angos 1412 Raymond
121
 Notaries
Los quoate Nabalhes 1538 Raymond
121
 Reformation
Les Navaillès 1593 Raymond
121
 Angous
Les Randuches Les Randuches 1366 Raymond
141
 Chapter of Navailles Hamlet
Serbielle Serviele 1385 Raymond
160
 Census Farm
Servielle 1863 Raymond
160
Serrot Serrot 1863 Raymond
160
 Census Hamlet

Sources:

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn. In 1385 there were 12 fires in Angous and it depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx.[4]

The barony of Gabaston, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn, was made up of Angous, Navailles, and Susmiou.[4]

Administration

Angous School

List of Successive Mayors[13]

From To Name
1995 2001 David Layous
2001 2008 Roger Eyheremendy
2008 2026 Francis Lansalot-Matras

Inter-communality

The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
  • the inter-communal association for Gaves and of Saleys;
  • the mixed forestry association for the oak groves in the Basque and béarnais valleys;
  • the collection association of Navarrenx;
  • the AEP association of Navarrenx;
  • the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angousiens or Angousiennes in French.[14]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 342—    
1800 356+0.57%
1806 383+1.23%
1821 352−0.56%
1831 385+0.90%
1836 387+0.10%
1841 372−0.79%
1846 382+0.53%
1851 365−0.91%
1856 351−0.78%
1861 325−1.53%
1866 317−0.50%
1872 291−1.42%
1876 289−0.17%
1881 305+1.08%
1886 265−2.77%
1891 278+0.96%
1896 270−0.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 273+0.22%
1906 242−2.38%
1911 261+1.52%
1921 250−0.43%
1926 249−0.08%
1931 228−1.75%
1936 225−0.26%
1946 214−0.50%
1954 224+0.57%
1962 196−1.66%
1968 158−3.53%
1975 151−0.65%
1982 129−2.22%
1990 121−0.80%
1999 111−0.95%
2007 100−1.30%
2012 114+2.66%
2017 102−2.20%
Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]
Angous War Memorial

Economy

The activity is directed mainly towards agriculture (livestock grazing, market gardening, and horticultural crops). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-André

The Parish Church of Saint-André (1847) is registered as an historical monument.[17]

Church Gallery
  • Church Interior
    Church Interior
  • Baptismal Font
    Baptismal Font

The sect Tabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Google Maps
  4. ^ a b c d e f Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  5. ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
  6. ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  7. ^ Cassini Map 1750 – Angous
  8. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  9. ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. ^ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. ^ Notaries of Navarrenx in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ Titles of Angous in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. ^ List of Mayors of France
  14. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  15. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Angous, EHESS (in French).
  16. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000569 Parish Church of Saint-André (in French)
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