Angous

Angous
Commune
The road into Angous
Location of Angous
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Coordinates: 43°17′41″N 0°48′45″W / 43.2947°N 0.8125°W / 43.2947; -0.8125
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  (2023)[2]	96
• Density	15/km2 (40/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.

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.

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.

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

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List of Successive Mayors^[13]

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angousiens or Angousiennes in French.^[14]

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

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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

References

External links

• Angous on the 1750 Cassini Map

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