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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Arget
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Arget Old Farmhouse.JPG
|caption                = An old farmhouse in Arget
|arrondissement         = Pau
|canton                 = Artix et Pays de Soubestre
|INSEE                  = 64044
|postal code            = 64410
|mayor                  = Thierry Soustra<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Luys en Béarn
|coordinates            = {{coord|43.5439|-0.5272|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 131
|elevation min m        = 75
|elevation max m        = 182
|area km2               = 4.00
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Arget''' ({{IPA|fr|aʁʒɛt}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] region of south-western [[France]]. It is part of the traditional province of [[Béarn]].
==Geography==
Arget is located some 18&nbsp;km north-east of [[Orthez]] and 12&nbsp;km south-east of [[Hagetmau]] on the border between [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] and [[Landes (department)|Landes]] departments. It can be accessed by the D264 road from [[Montagut, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Montagut]] in the east passing through the commune and the village (of 2 buildings) and continuing south-west to [[Casteide-Candau]]. The commune has quite large areas of forest in the west but is mostly farmland.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arget/@43.5422034,-0.5323294,3354m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd56614c2600923f:0xe585dee22e60d55c?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>
Several streams rise in the commune with the ''Hourquet'' forming the north-western border as it flows north-east to join the ''Ruisseau 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.<ref name=Google/>
===Places and hamlets===
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* Bayoc
* Boué<ref name="Boué"/>
* Capère
* Carrèrot<ref name="Carrérot"/>
* Castagnet
* Conte
* Cousnat
* Glaude
* Herris
* Hibet<ref name="Hibet"/>
* Hourcq<ref name="Hourq"/>
* Ménou
* Montaut
* Pourtique<ref name="Pourtique"/>
* Régidou
* Séris
* Touroun<ref name="Touroun"/>
* Vignau
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<ref name="Géo">[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.5272,43.5439&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|IGN]] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
===Neighbouring communes and villages===
{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre    = Arget
|North     = [[Monget]]
|Northeast = [[Malaussanne]]
|East      = [[Montagut, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Montagut]]
|Southeast = [[Piets-Plasence-Moustrou]]
|South     = [[Morlanne]]
|Southwest = [[Saint-Médard, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Saint-Médard]]
|West      = [[Castelner]]
|Northwest = [[Peyre, Landes|Peyre]]
}}
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==Toponymy==
The commune name in [[Bearnese dialect|béarnais]] is ''Arget''.
[[Michel Grosclaude]] was unable to justify the local belief that the name means "sandy place" from ''arena'' (meaning "sand") with the collective suffix ''-etum'' (giving ''arenetum'' then ''arenet'' then ''areet'' then ''ariet''), and could not conclude other than "of uncertain origin and meaning".<ref name="Grosclaude"/>
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Spelling !! Date !! Source !! Page !! Origin !! Description
|-
| '''Arget''' || Argiet || 1383 || Raymond ||{{center|10}}|| Luntz || Village
|-
|  || Arzet || 1695 || Raymond ||{{center|10}}|| Order of Malta ||
|-
|  || Arget || 1750 || Cassini ||||  ||
|}
'''Sources:'''
*'''[[Paul Raymond (archivist)|Raymond]]:''' [https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC ''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''], 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. {{in lang|fr}}<ref name=Raymond>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC ''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''], [[Paul Raymond (archivist)|Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*'''Grosclaude:''' ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', 2006 {{in lang|fr}}<ref name=Grosclaude>[[Michel Grosclaude]], ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN|2-35068-005-3}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
'''Origins:'''
*'''Luntz:'''<ref>Contracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*'''Order of Malta:''' Titles of the [[Order of Malta]]<ref name="Malta">Titles of the [[Order of Malta]] in the Departmental Archives of [[Haute-Garonne]] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==History==
[[Paul Raymond (archivist)|Paul Raymond]] noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that Arget depended on the Commandery of Malta of [[Arthez-de-Béarn|Caubin]] and [[Morlaàs]] and on the Barony of Moustrou, built in 1647, and was a vassal of the [[Viscounts of Béarn]].<ref name="Raymond"/>
==Administration==
[[File:Arget Mairie.JPG|thumb|The Town Hall]]
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22152 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From !! To !! Name
|-
| 1995 || 2001 || Chantal Gallenmuller
|-
| 2001 || 2026 || Thierry Soustra
|}
==Demography==
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Argétois'' or ''Argétoises'' in French.<ref>[https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr</ref>
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|1215|Arget}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64044#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|1793 |213
|1800 |201
|1806 |315
|1821 |223
|1831 |270
|1836 |248
|1841 |294
|1846 |303
|1851 |302
|1856 |282
|1861 |227
|1866 |206
|1872 |190
|1876 |195
|1881 |200
|1886 |205
|1891 |193
|1896 |172
|1901 |167
|1906 |161
|1911 |170
|1921 |159
|1926 |151
|1931 |139
|1936 |130
|1946 |119
|1954 |107
|1962 |110
|1968 |99
|1975 |100
|1982 |97
|1990 |79
|1999 |83
|2007 |89
|2012 |89
|2017 |78
}}
==Culture and heritage==
[[File:Arget War Memorial.JPG|thumb|Arget War Memorial]]
===Civil heritage===
Arget has many farms that are registered as historical monuments:
*A '''Farmhouse''' at Hourcq (1832){{Mérimée Icon}}{{Mérimée Icon}}<ref name="Hourq">Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000061|IA64000061 Farmhouse at Hourcq}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Menusé farm''' at Pourtique (1897){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref name="Pourtique">Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000059|IA64000059 Menusé farm at Pourtique}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Lajournade farm''' at Pourtique (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000065|IA64000065 Lajournade farm at Pourtique}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Pemeste farm''' at Hourcq (1797){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000062|IA64000062 Pemeste farm at Hourcq}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*'''Houses and Farms'''{{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000135|IA64000135 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Farmhouse''' at Boué (1905){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref name="Boué">Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000066|IA64000066 Farmhouse at Boué}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Farmhouse''' at Hibet (1871){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref name="Hibet">Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000064|IA64000064 Farmhouse at Hibet}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Farmhouse''' at Carrèrot (1898){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref name="Carrérot">Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000063|IA64000063 Farmhouse at Carrèrot}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Farmhouse''' at Touroun (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref name="Touroun">Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000060|IA64000060 Farmhouse at Touroun}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
===Religious heritage===
[[File:Arget Church.JPG|thumb|The Church of Notre Dame]]
[[File:Arget Church Main Altar.JPG|thumb|Main Altar]]
The '''Parish Church of Notre Dame''' (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}} is registered as an historical monument.<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000001|IA64000001 Parish Church of Notre Dame}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> It contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
*The Furniture in the Church{{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64002827|IM64002827 Furniture in the Church}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64002780|IM64002780 Supplementary list of Furniture in the Church}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A Bronze Processional Cross (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64002651|IM64002651 Bronze Processional Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A Wooden Processional Cross (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64002650|IM64002650 Wooden Processional Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Notable people linked to the commune==
*'''[[Annie Beustes]]''', born Annie Campagne, is a [[New Caledonia]]n politician, born on 15 August 1945 in Arget.
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department]]
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.5272,43.5439&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Arget on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.5439&lon=-0.5272&zoom=13 ''Arget'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]
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