Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Argelos | |
|---|---|
| Argelos Argelos | |
| Coordinates: 43°27′09″N 0°20′47″W / 43.4525°N 0.3464°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh |
| Intercommunality | CC Luys Béarn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marcel Borny[1] |
Area 1 | 6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64043 /64450 |
| Elevation | 142–264 m (466–866 ft) (avg. 158 m or 518 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Argelos (Argelòs in Occitan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.[2]
Geography
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Argelos is located some 25 km north of Pau and 3 km west of Auriac. Access to the commune is by the D214 road from the village north to join the D944 road south-east of Thèze. The A65 autoroute passes through the northern tip of the commune but the nearest exit is Exit 9 near Miossens-Lanusse.[3] The commune is mixed farmland and forest. Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Luy de France forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west fed by its tributaries the Basta and the Balaing.
Places and Hamlets
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy
The commune name in béarnais is Argelos. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[8] indicated that Argelos probably had a Latin origin of argilla (meaning "Clay") with the suffix -ossum. The meaning of the name would then be "clay soil". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argelos | Argilos | 1214 | Raymond | 10 |
Chapter of Argelos | Village |
| Argelos | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
| Bernès | Bernet | 1385 | Raymond | 10 |
Census | Farm |
Sources:
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[9]
- Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[10]
Origins:
- Census: Census of Béarn[11]
History
Paul Raymond noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 there were 29 fires in Argelos and it depended on the bailiwick of Pau. Auriac was formerly annexed to the commune.[9] The barony[9] of Viven included Argelos, Auriac, and Viven and was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.
Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[12]
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2014 | Hélène Peyras |
| 2014 | 2026 | Marcel Borny |
Intercommunality
Argelos is part of 4 inter-communal structures:
- the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
- the AEP association of the regions of Luy and Gabas;
- the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ;
- the scholastic association Argelos - Astis.
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 282 inhabitants.
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Culture and Heritage
Civil Heritage
The commune has several buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
- The Maison Marque Farmhouse (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[15]
- A Farmhouse at Loubané (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[7]
- The Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[5]
- A Farmhouse at Lamarque (1725)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[4]
- Houses and Farms (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[16]
- A Fortified Complex at Lopou (Middle Ages)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[6]
Religious Heritage
The Parish Church of Saint-André (12th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg is registered as an historical monument.[17] It contains many items which are registered as historical objects:
- The Furniture in the ChurchFile:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[18]
- Two Dalmatics (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[19]
- A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[20]
- 4 altar Candlesticks (19th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[21]
- 2 banks of Pews (19th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[22]
- A Confessional (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[23]
- An Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable in the Altar of the Virgin (17th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[24]
- 2 Hanging Lighting Brackets (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[25]
- A Painting: Christ on the Cross (1935)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[26]
- 2 Statues: Saints Pierre and André (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[27]
- A Retable (18th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[28]
- A Tabernacle (17th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[29]
- An Altar with 2 banks of seating (17th century)File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[30]
- The whole main AltarFile:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[31]
Education
Argelos has a primary school which is shared with Astis as an inter-communal educational grouping.
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in français). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ Commune d'Argelos (64043), INSEE
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026700 Farmhouse at Lamarque (in French)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026701 Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte (in French)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026698 Fortified Complex at Lopou (in French)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026702 Farmhouse at Loubané (in French)
- ↑ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- ↑ Cassini Map 1750 – Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Argelos, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026703 Maison Marque Farmhouse (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026697 Houses and Farms (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026699 Parish Church of Saint-André (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001143 Furniture in the ChurchIM64001147 Supplementary List (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001146 2 Dalmatics (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001145 Sunburst Monstrance (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001144 4 Altar Candlesticks (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001142 2 banks of Pews (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001143 Confessional (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001141 Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001140 2 Hanging Lighting Brackets (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001139 Painting: Christ on the Cross (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001138 2 Statues: Saints Pierre and André (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001137 Retable (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001136 Tabernacle (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001135 Altar with 2 banks of seating (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001134 Main Altar (in French)
