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| Coordinates: 43°27′29″N 0°31′54″W / 43.4581°N 0.5317°W / 43.4581; -0.5317 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Intercommunality | CC Lacq-Orthez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Pédegert1 |
Area 1 | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 131 |
| • Density | 23.0/km2 (59.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64048 /64370 |
| Elevation | 133–232 m (436–761 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 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 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.3
The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.4
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.6
History
In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.6
Administration
List of Successive Mayors7
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1832 | 1852 | Henri Pétrou |
| 1995 | 2001 | André Bourdieu |
| 2001 | 2026 | Alain 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.8
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Sports Venues
The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.11
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Google Maps
- Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Aubin (Q3360500)".
- Géoportail, IGN (in French)
- 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)
- List of Mayors of France (in French)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arnos, EHESS (in French).
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- Pau-Arnos Racing Circuit website (in French)
External links
External links
- Arnos on the Community of communes of Arthez-de-Béarn website (in French)
- Arnos on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Arnas on the 1750 Cassini Map