Angous
(avg. 177 m or 581 ft)
Angous (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡus]; Occitan: Angós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
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 |
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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
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021) |
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]
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Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16] |
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 Parish Church of Saint-André (1847) is registered as an historical monument.[17]
- Church Gallery
- Church Interior
- Baptismal Font
The sect Tabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ a b c d e f Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
- ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
- ^ Cassini Map 1750 – Angous
- ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Notaries of Navarrenx in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Titles of Angous in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France
- ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Angous, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000569 Parish Church of Saint-André (in French)
External links
- Angous on the 1750 Cassini Map
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