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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arbus (French pronunciation: [aʁbys]; Occitan: Arbús) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Arbus | |
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Coordinates: 43°20′03″N 0°30′17″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Pau |
Canton | Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long |
Intercommunality | CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Larrieu[1] |
Area 1 | 13.89 km2 (5.36 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,245 |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64037 /64230 |
Elevation | 125–284 m (410–932 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Arbus is located in the urban area of Pau 15 km to the north-west of the city and some 35 km south-east of Orthez mostly on the south bank of the Gave de Pau. Access to the commune is on the D2 road from Laroin in the south-east passing through the north of the commune to Abos in the north-west. Access to the village is by the D804 running off the D2 in the commune and continuing to Artiguelouve in the south-east and also by the D229 from the village to Parbayse in the south-west. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with large forests in the west, south, and south-east.[3]
Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Gave de Pau flows through the northern part of the commune with some of its tributaries flowing through the rest of the commune: the Juscle and Baise Lasseube, as well as their tributaries, the Sibé stream, and the old Canal du Moulin which is itself joined in the commune by the Arrious stream.
The commune name in béarnais is Arbús (according to the classical norm of Occitan). According to Michel Grosclaude,[6] there is an aquitane root *arb-, meaning "grass" (close to alpe), and a collective suffix -untz giving a meaning of "a place where there is grass".
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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Arbus | Arbus | 1170 | Raymond | 9 | Barcelona | Village |
Arbuus | 1307 | Raymond | 9 | Orthez | ||
Arbus | 1385 | Grosclaude | Census | |||
Arbus | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
Alicq | Alicq | 1863 | Raymond | 5 | Farm | |
Loubagnon | Looubagnon | 1775 | Raymond | 104 | Terrier | Place |
Saint-Mamet | Saint-Mamet | 1863 | Raymond | 150 | Place | |
Sibé | Le Ruisseau de Sibe | 1863 | Raymond | 161 | Stream, tributary of the Baïse de Lasseube |
Sources:
Origins:
Paul Raymond on page 5 of his 1863 dictionary noted that in 1385 Arbus had 40 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau. The town was a dependency of the Marquisate of Gassion.[4]
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List of Successive Mayors[12]
From | To | Name |
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1995 | 2026 | Didier Larrieu |
The commune of Arbus is part of eight inter-communal structures:
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arbusiens or Arbusiennes in French.[13]
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Source: EHESS[14] and INSEE[15] |
The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Winemakers of Jurançon and of Béarn and partially in the AOC zone for Ossau-iraty.
The Parish Church of Saint-Mamer (1868) is registered as an historical monument.[16]
The town has a primary school.[17]
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