Arrosès

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

Arrosès
Commune
A general view of Arrosès
Location of Arrosès
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Coordinates: 43°32′32″N 0°06′37″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh
Intercommunality	Nord-Est Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Cantounet[1]
Area 1	9.64 km2 (3.72 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	136
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64056 /64350
Elevation	129–265 m (423–869 ft) (avg. 226 m or 741 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Arrosès is located some 50 km south-east of Hagetmau and some 5 km west of Madiran with the eastern border of the commune being the border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments. Access to the commune is by the D219 road from Aurions-Idernes in the west passing through the commune north of the village then continuing east to Madiran as the D66. The D292 comes from Aubous in the north passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to join the D139 south of Crouseilles. The commune is mostly farmland with patches of forest scattered throughout.^[3]

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with several streams rising in the commune and flowing east to join the Saget which flows north to join the Adour near Saint-Mont and forming most of the eastern border of the commune. The Larcis forms most of the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Lees.

Places and Hamlets

• Auvian
• Baradat^[4]
• Barbau
• Baylou
• Bigarat
• Bouézou^[5]
• Bousigué
• Bouziquet
• Cantounet
• Couet
• Crecq
• Ducos
• Duliès
• Flandres^[6]
• Grange
• Haget
• Hourat
• Jouet
• Lasgrabes
• Laudique
• Lavielle
• Mombet^[7]
• Mondain
• La Mothe^[4]
• Paris
• Peyret
• Raguet
• Regard
• Ribès
• Sassié
• Tapounet
• Tillet

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Arrosés.

Michel Grosclaude proposed as its etymology the anthroponym Arrosés which was very common in the Pyrenees and the Iberian Peninsula and well attested in the Middle Ages.^[8]

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

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Arrosès	Aroses	1385	Raymond	13	Census	Village
	Arozee	14th century	Raymond	13	Census
	Arosser	14th century	Raymond	13	Census
	Arozer	14th century	Raymond	13	Census
	Arroser	1402	Raymond	13	Census
	Rosees	1472	Raymond	13	Affièvement
	Arrosers	1487	Raymond	13	Establishments
	Rosses	1538	Raymond	13	Reformation
	Arrosees	1538	Raymond	13	Reformation
	Arrozes	1546	Raymond	13	Reformation
	Rosez	1675	Raymond	13	Reformation
	Arrouzès	1686	Raymond	13	Reformation
	Rosés	1750	Cassini
	Arroses	1793	Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
Arblé	Arblé	1863	Raymond	9		Moor
Baradat	Baradat	1863	Raymond	20		Farm
La Barthe	La Barthe	1863	Raymond	22		Moor
Chaudelet	Chaudelet	1863	Raymond	49		Farm
Crestia	Crestiàa	1863	Raymond	53		Place
Espiau	Espiau	1863	Raymond	61		Place
Les Garbères	Les Garbères	1863	Raymond	67		Farm
Le Gog	Le Gog	1863	Raymond	72		Farm
Les Grabes	Les Grabes	1863	Raymond	73		Farm
Lamothe	Lamothe	1863	Raymond	91		Mill
Larbareng	Larbareng	1863	Raymond	94		Place
Lorthe	Lorthe	1863	Raymond	104		Place
Mané	Mané	1863	Raymond	108		Farm
La Mothe	La Mota d'Arroses	1538	Raymond	118	Reformation	Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
	La Motte	1863	Raymond	118
Peirolis	Peirolis	1863	Raymond	133		Farm
La Salle	Lasalle	1776	Raymond	154	Terrier	Farm
Sinsoos	Sinsoos	1863	Raymond	161		Farm

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)^[8]
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750^[9]
• Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arrosès, EHESS (in French).

Origins:

• Census: Census of Béarn^[10]
• Affièvement: Titles of affièvement of Arrosès
• Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn^[11]
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn^[12]
• Terrier: Terrier of Arrosès.^[13]

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 13 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385, Arrosès had 31 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye. There was a Tithe in Arrosès parish called Sainte-Rose.^[4]

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[14]

From	To	Name
1995	2001	Francis Cazenave
2001	2008	Gérard Saint-Martin
2008	2014	Christian Labat
2014	2026	Michel Cantounet

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn;
• the highways SIVU of the Canton of Lembeye
• the AEP association of Crouseilles;
• the SIVU for educational regrouping in Aurions-idernes, Arrosès, Séméacq-Blachon, and Moncaup;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 139 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 466 —     1800 358 −3.70% 1806 454 +4.04% 1821 463 +0.13% 1831 517 +1.11% 1836 554 +1.39% 1841 645 +3.09% 1846 679 +1.03% 1851 621 −1.77% 1856 597 −0.79% 1861 515 −2.91% 1866 504 −0.43% 1872 492 −0.40% 1876 486 −0.31% 1881 462 −1.01% 1886 478 +0.68% 1891 414 −2.83% 1896 415 +0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 403 −0.59% 1906 332 −3.80% 1911 310 −1.36% 1921 259 −1.78% 1926 267 +0.61% 1931 223 −3.54% 1936 216 −0.64% 1946 198 −0.87% 1954 183 −0.98% 1962 187 +0.27% 1968 203 +1.38% 1975 178 −1.86% 1982 159 −1.60% 1990 145 −1.15% 1999 141 −0.31% 2007 152 +0.94% 2012 147 −0.67% 2017 139 −1.11%
Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]

Economy

The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, and Béarn AOC.

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

A number of structures have been identified as historical monuments. These are:

• A Fortified complex^[17] (Motte-and-bailey castle, courtyard, house) indicates the presence of a lordship in the 11th century.
• Of 50 Houses and Farms^[18] surveyed by the Ministry of Culture, 25 were built prior to 1871.
• The Chateau of Sauvernéa^[7] at a place called Mombet is a notable house built in the 18th century. Other objects at Mombet are:
  • A Tombstone dated 1762.^[19]
  • A sideboard (18th century)^[20]
  • A weathervane (18th century)^[21]
• A Farm at a place called Flandres from 1746.^[6]

A Hilarri^[5] located at a house in the Bouézou area dates to the 17th century. It came from the old church which is now destroyed.^[22]

Religious heritage

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption^[23] partially dates to the 12th century. It contains many items which have been registered. These are:

• Front of the Altar (19th century)^[24]
• Processional Cross (17th or 18th century)^[25]
• Stations of the Cross (19th century)^[26]
• Altar candlestick (19th century)^[27]
• Processional Banner (19th century)^[28]
• Lectern (18th century)^[29]
• Pulpit (18th century)^[30]
• Tenebrae candlestick (18th century (?))^[31]
• Stoup (2) (12th or 13th century)^[32]
• Stoup (1) (15th or 16th century)^[33]
• Baptismal font (12th and 17th centuries)^[34]
• Confessional (18th century)^[35]
• Statue: Saint Rose (18th century)^[36]
• Retable of Saint Rose (18th century)^[37]
• Altar, 2 altar steps, tabernacle, Retable, Painting (18th-19th centuries)^[38]
• Altar Cross (19th century)^[39]
• Painting: Assumption (18th century)^[40]
• 4 Statues (18th century)^[41]
• Retable (18th century)^[42]
• 6 Statues (18th century (?))^[43]
• Tabernacle, exhibit (18th century (?))^[44]
• Altar (18th century)^[45]
• Ensemble of the Virgin (18th-19th centuries)^[46]
• Panelling on the surfaces (18th century)^[47]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department