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| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Intercommunality | CC Lacq-Orthez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Pédegert[1] |
Area 1 | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64048 /64370 |
| Elevation | 133–232 m (436–761 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Arnos (French pronunciation: [aʁnɔs]; Occitan: Arnós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Geography
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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.[2]
The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.[3]
Places and Hamlets
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- Carracou
- Cassauba
- Castandet
- Castéra
- Marquine
- Monplaisir
- Montagut
- Pallane
- Pédoussau
- Péré
- Péruilh
- Péruillet
- Pétrou
- Poey (ruins)
- Saintong
- Sansot
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Toponymy
[edit | edit source]The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.[5]
Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[6]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1832 | 1852 | Henri Pétrou |
| 1995 | 2001 | André Bourdieu |
| 2001 | 2026 | Alain Pédegert |
Inter-communality
[edit | edit source]Arnos is part of four inter-communal structures:
- the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez;
- the Water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons ;
- the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ;
- the inter-communal association of Arthez-de-Béarn.
Demography
[edit | edit source]The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes in French.[7]
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Sports Venues
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The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.[10]
See also
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- ^ a b Google Maps
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- ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
- ^ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 10 (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arnos, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Pau-Arnos Racing Circuit website (in French)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Arnos on the Community of communes of Arthez-de-Béarn website (in French)
- Arnos on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Arnas on the 1750 Cassini Map
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