Angous | |
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 The road into Angous | |
 Location of Angous | |
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| Coordinates:43°17′41″N0°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 acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwesternFrance.
Angous is located some 5 km south-west ofNavarrenx and 12 km north-east ofMauléon-Licharre. It can be accessed by the D2 road which runs from Navarrenx and forms the south-eastern border of the commune before continuing toMoncayolle-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 theAdour, 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.
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The commune name inGascon isAngós which means "marshy terrain" according toMichel Grosclaude[5] andBrigitte 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:
Origins:
Paul Raymond noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had aLay Abbey, a vassal of theViscount of Béarn. In 1385 there were 12fires 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, andSusmiou.[4]
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List of Successive Mayors[13]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2001 | David Layous |
| 2001 | 2008 | Roger Eyheremendy |
| 2008 | 2026 | Francis Lansalot-Matras |
The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAngousiens orAngousiennes in French.[14]
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The activity is directed mainly towards agriculture (livestock grazing, market gardening, and horticultural crops). The town is part of theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone ofOssau-iraty.
TheParish Church of Saint-André (1847)
is registered as an historical monument.[17]
The sectTabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.
