Angous

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

Angous
Commune
The road into Angous
Location of Angous
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Coordinates: 43°17′41″N 0°48′45″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Le Cœur de Béarn
Intercommunality	Béarn des Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Francis Lansalot-Matras[1]
Area 1	6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	94
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64025 /64190
Elevation	133–262 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.

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:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)^[4]
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)^[5]
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750^[7]
• Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Angous, EHESS (in French).

Origins:

• Census: Census of Béarn^[8]
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn^[9]
• Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron^[10]
• Notaries: Notaries of Navarrenx^[11]
• Angous: Titles of Angous.^[12]

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

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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

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  Church Interior
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  Baptismal Font

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

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department