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 An old farmhouse in Arget | |
 Location of Arget | |
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| Coordinates:43°32′38″N0°31′38″W / 43.5439°N 0.5272°W /43.5439; -0.5272 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Intercommunality | Luys en Béarn |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Thierry Soustra[1] |
Area 1 | 4.00 km2 (1.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 76 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64044 /64410 |
| Elevation | 75–182 m (246–597 ft) (avg. 131 m or 430 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arget (French pronunciation:[aʁʒɛt];Occitan:Argent) is acommune inPyrénées-Atlantiques, adepartment in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the traditional province ofBéarn.
Arget is located some 18 km north-east ofOrthez and 12 km south-east ofHagetmau on the border betweenPyrénées-Atlantiques andLandes departments. It can be accessed by the D264 road fromMontagut in the east passing through the commune and the village (of 2 buildings) and continuing south-west toCasteide-Candau. The commune has quite large areas of forest in the west but is mostly farmland.[3]
Several streams rise in the commune with theHourquet forming the north-western border as it flows north-east to join theRuisseau de la Rance at the northern tip of the commune. The Rance forms the north-eastern border as it flows north-west. The south-eastern border also consists of an unnamed stream which joins the Rance just outside the eastern tip of the commune.[3]
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The commune name inbéarnais isArget.
Michel Grosclaude was unable to justify the local belief that the name means "sandy place" fromarena (meaning "sand") with the collective suffix-etum (givingarenetum thenarenet thenareet thenariet), and could not conclude other than "of uncertain origin and meaning".[11]
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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| Arget | Argiet | 1383 | Raymond | 10 | Luntz | Village |
| Arzet | 1695 | Raymond | 10 | Order of Malta | ||
| Arget | 1750 | Cassini |
Sources:
Origins:
Paul Raymond said on page 10 of his 1863Topographical Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees that Arget depended on the Commandery of Malta ofCaubin andMorlaàs and on the Barony of Moustrou, built in 1647, and was a vassal of theViscounts of Béarn.[12]
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List of Successive Mayors[15]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2001 | Chantal Gallenmuller |
| 2001 | 2026 | Thierry Soustra |
The inhabitants of the commune are known asArgétois orArgétoises in French.[16]
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Arget has many farms that are registered as historical monuments:
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TheParish Church of Notre Dame (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.[22] It contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
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