Artiguelouve

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

Artiguelouve
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Artiguelouve
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Coordinates: 43°19′07″N 0°28′26″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long
Intercommunality	CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Denax[1]
Area 1	10.74 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,025
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64060 /64230
Elevation	137–300 m (449–984 ft) (avg. 156 m or 512 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Grocery in Artiguelouve

Entry to the village

Exit from the village

Artiguelouve is located in the urban area of Pau some 8 km north-west of Pau and 3 km south-west of Lescar. Access to the commune is by road D2 from Laroin in the south-east passing through the north-east of the commune and continuing north-west to Pardies. The D509 connects the D2 to the D817 across the river. The D804 branches off the D2 in the commune and goes west along the northern fringe of the town and continues to Arbus. Access to the centre of the town is by the D146 which branches off the D804 and goes south through the town and continues to Aubertin. The residential area of the town occupies about 10% of the commune with the rest mixed forest and farmland.^[3]

Bus Route 802 from Artix to Pau of the Interurban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques has a stop in the commune.

The Gave de Pau runs along the north-eastern border of the commune and passes through the north of the commune flowing north-west. The Juscle river flows from the south of the commune to near the town then flows north-west parallel to the Gave de Pau until it eventually joins the Gave de Pau near Tarsacq.

Places and Hamlets

• Baïlot
• Barat
• Barrailh
• Les Barthes
• Bénou
• Biroulet
• Bordenave
• Brouquisse
• Castagnous
• Castéra
• Cinquau
• Coudelounguet
• Duran
• Le Gras
• Grassa
• Guillou
• Haget
• Lacoste
• Lacoude
• Lacoustète
• Lansolles
• Larréheuga
• Lassauque
• Loumède
• Loustau
• Milhé
• Cité des Mimosas
• Mirande
• Mondet
• Ogeu (fountain)
• Paille
• Pélou
• Peyreblanque
• Piqueur
• Pucheu
• Puyade
• Les Sagettes
• Salaberthe
• Serra
• Tuquet
• Turon
• Le Vert Galant

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

Artiguelouve in 1926

Artiguelouve (meaning "clearing of wolves" in the béarnaise definition), comes from 'artiga which means "clearing"^[4] or "fallow land"^[5] and the oronym lob ("height").^[4]

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

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Artiguelouve	Artiguelouve	12th century	Raymond	14	Marca	Village
	Artiguelobe	1220	Raymond	14	Order of Malta
	Artigaloba	1286	Raymond	14	Titles of Fiefdom E267
	Artiguelobe	1385	Grosclaude		Census
	Artigaloba	1286	Raymond	14	Titles of Fiefdom E267
	Artigaloube	1630	Marca	450
	Artigueloube	1630	Marca	256
	Artigalouve	1750	Cassini
Ardos	Ardaos	1101	Raymond	9	Lescar	Hamlet (destroyed), Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn, belonged to the Jurors of Lescar
	Nardos	1449	Raymond	9	Cour Major
	Ardoos	1538	Raymond	9	Reformation

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)^[6]
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)^[5]
• Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.^[7]
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750^[8]

Origins:

• Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.^[7]
• Order of Malta: Titles of the Order of Malta^[9]
• Census: Census of Béarn^[10]
• Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar^[11]
• Cour Major: Regulations of the Cour Major^[12]
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn^[13]

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 14 of his 1863 dictionary that, in 1385, Artiguelouve had 28 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau. The commune was a dependency of the Marquisate of Gassion and, with Poey, formed the jurisdiction of a notary.^[6]

Heraldry

Arms of Artiguelouve

These arms do not comply with the Rule of tincture: Or on Argent is not allowed Blazon: Quarterly, 1 and 4 Azure, a crescent of Argent between three mullets of Or; 2 Argent, two wolves of Or rampant confronting; 3 a cow of Or collared and belled the same surmounted by a crown of a Marquis the same.

Administration

Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[14]

From	To	Name
1995	2001	Claude Ducasse
2001	2014	Eline Gosset
2014	2026	Jean-Marc Denax

Inter-communality

The Chateau of Artiguelouve

The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées;
• the SIVU for nursing home care for senior citizens in the Canton of Lescar;
• the AEP association of Gave and Baise;
• the association for the management of the drainage basin of the Juscle and its tributaries;
• the Sanitation association for the communes of the valleys of the Juscle and the Baise;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for defence against flooding of the Gave de Pau;

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artiguelouviens or Artiguelouviennes in French.^[15]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 480 —     1800 464 −0.48% 1806 427 −1.38% 1821 606 +2.36% 1831 673 +1.05% 1836 662 −0.33% 1841 674 +0.36% 1846 682 +0.24% 1851 660 −0.65% 1856 603 −1.79% 1861 590 −0.43% 1866 545 −1.57% 1872 590 +1.33% 1876 600 +0.42% 1881 577 −0.78% 1886 561 −0.56% 1891 545 −0.58% 1896 551 +0.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 541 −0.37% 1906 541 +0.00% 1911 493 −1.84% 1921 438 −1.18% 1926 445 +0.32% 1931 409 −1.67% 1936 386 −1.15% 1946 413 +0.68% 1954 448 +1.02% 1962 552 +2.64% 1968 549 −0.09% 1975 678 +3.06% 1982 822 +2.79% 1990 898 +1.11% 1999 1,252 +3.76% 2007 1,468 +2.01% 2012 1,595 +1.67% 2017 1,621 +0.32%
Source: EHESS[16] and INSEE[17]

Cinquau around 1899

Wines of Jurançon

Economy

The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Jurançon AOC, Béarn AOC, and Ossau-iraty.

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Michel

The Church of Saint-Michel (15th century) is registered as a historical monument.^[18]

Facilities

Education

The School

The commune has a school grouping consisting of two kindergarten classes and five primary school class (Marc Dugène School Group^[4][19]) as well as a library / media centre.

Sports and Sports facilities

The Artiguelouve Golf Course and also that of Billère are the two golf courses in the Pau area. La Maison des sports^[19] was opened on 29 May 2010.

Le FC3A is a football club and school for players from Artiguelouve, Arbus, and Aubertin.^[19]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Paul Ducournau, born at Orthez in 1910 and died at Artiguelouve in 1985, was a general in the French Army.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department