Arnos

Arnos (French pronunciation: [aʁnɔs]; Occitan: Arnós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Arnos
Commune
A general view of Arnos
Coat of arms
Location of Arnos
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Coordinates: 43°27′29″N 0°31′54″W
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)
Population  (2022)[2]	134
• Density	24/km2 (61/sq mi)
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.

Geography

Arnos Church

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.^[3]

The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.^[4]

Places and Hamlets

• Bousquet
• Carracou
• Cassauba
• Castandet
• Castéra
• Marquine
• Monplaisir
• Montagut
• Pallane
• Pédoussau
• Péré
• Péruilh
• Péruillet
• Pétrou
• Poey (ruins)
• Saintong
• Sansot

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Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.^[6]

History

In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.^[6]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[7]

From	To	Name
1832	1852	Henri Pétrou
1995	2001	André Bourdieu
2001	2026	Alain Pédegert

Inter-communality

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes in French.^[8]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 252 —     1800 204 −2.97% 1806 243 +2.96% 1821 290 +1.19% 1831 302 +0.41% 1836 254 −3.40% 1841 241 −1.05% 1846 259 +1.45% 1851 231 −2.26% 1856 226 −0.44% 1861 200 −2.41% 1866 187 −1.34% 1872 198 +0.96% 1876 191 −0.90% 1881 186 −0.53% 1886 189 +0.32% 1891 175 −1.53% 1896 160 −1.78%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 158 −0.25% 1906 153 −0.64% 1911 155 +0.26% 1921 119 −2.61% 1926 118 −0.17% 1931 115 −0.51% 1936 106 −1.62% 1946 99 −0.68% 1954 100 +0.13% 1962 71 −4.19% 1968 74 +0.69% 1975 63 −2.27% 1982 70 +1.52% 1990 68 −0.36% 1999 68 +0.00% 2007 67 −0.19% 2012 80 +3.61% 2017 113 +7.15%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[10]

Arnos War Memorial

Sports Venues

circuit Pau-Arnos Race Track

The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.^[11]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department