Arnos

Arnos
Commune
A general view of Arnos
A general view of Arnos
Coat of arms of Arnos
Coat of arms
Location of Arnos
Arnos is located in France
Arnos
Arnos
Location within France
Arnos is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arnos
Arnos
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°27′29″N 0°31′54″W / 43.4581°N 0.5317°W / 43.4581; -0.5317
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonArtix et Pays de Soubestre
IntercommunalityCC Lacq-Orthez
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Pédegert
Area
1
5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Elevation
155 m (509 ft)
Highest elevation
232 m (761 ft)
Lowest elevation
133 m (436 ft)
Population
 (2023)
131
 • Density23.0/km2 (59.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64048 /64370
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arnos (French pronunciation: [aʁnɔs]; Occitan: Arnós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Arnos Church

Arnos is located some 25 km north-west of Pau and 10 km east of Arthez-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D276 from Castillon in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south-east then east to join the D945. There is a large Formula 3 racetrack in the south of the commune run by the Moto Club Pau-Arnos. The commune consists of farmland except for a few small patches of forest.

The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.

Places and Hamlets

  • Bousquet
  • Carracou
  • Cassauba
  • Castandet
  • Castéra
  • Marquine
  • Monplaisir
  • Montagut
  • Pallane
  • Pédoussau
  • Péré
  • Péruilh
  • Péruillet
  • Pétrou
  • Poey (ruins)
  • Saintong
  • Sansot

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.

History

In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

FromToName
18321852Henri Pétrou
19952001André Bourdieu
20012026Alain Pédegert

Inter-communality

Arnos is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez;
  • the Water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association of Arthez-de-Béarn.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes in French.

Arnos War Memorial

Sports Venues

circuit Pau-Arnos Race Track

The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Google Maps
  4. ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Aubin (Q3360500)". Sandre. SandreQ3360500.
  5. ↑ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  6. 1 2 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 10 (in French)
  7. ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  8. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  9. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arnos, EHESS (in French).
  10. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  11. ↑ Pau-Arnos Racing Circuit website (in French)