Arros-de-Nay

Arros-de-Nay (Occitan: Arròs de Nai) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Arros-de-Nay
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Arros-de-Nay
Arros-de-Nay
Arros-de-Nay
Coordinates: 43°12′01″N 0°17′09″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonOuzom, Gave et Rives du Neez
IntercommunalityCC Pays Nay
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Gérard d'Arros
Area
1
13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
783
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64054 /64800
Elevation230–421 m (755–1,381 ft)
(avg. 236 m or 774 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arrosiens or Arrosiennes[2]

Geography

Arros-de-Nay is part of the urban area of Pau located in the heart of a valley between wooded hills and the Gave de Pau some 13 km south-east of Pau immediately east of Nay. The commune has been administered by the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques since 1969 (formerly it had been in the Department of Basses-Pyrénées since 1793). The commune has about 300 houses. The altitude varies from 230 metres to 421 metres, with 243 metres in the village centre. This is one of the largest communal areas of the region with areas of plains and hilly areas with a livable areas in the north and in the hamlets.

Access to the commune is by road D37 from Saint-Abit in the north passing through the village and the northern corner of the commune continuing to Bourdettes in the south. The D936 goes west from the village then south-west to Rébénacq. The D288 road goes south from the village through the length of the commune to join the D287 north of Lys. The D388 branches from the D288 and goes south-west by a different route to join the D288 again south-west of the commune. The D287 goes south-west from Nay passing along the south-eastern border of the commune and continuing south-west to Sévignacq-Meyracq.[3]

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Luz flowing from the south through the length of the commune collecting many tributaries and continuing north to join the Gave de Pau near Narcastet. The Escourre flows north through the northern corner of the commune and the north-eastern tip of the commune touches the Gave de Pau.

Places and Hamlets
  • Allemand (hill)
  • Bacabara
  • Barbé
  • Barrère
  • Barthe
  • Bées[4]
  • Bégué
  • La Bernadie
  • Bois de Bié (forest)[4]
  • Blanquet
  • Blon
  • Bouhabent
  • Bourda-Plà
  • Bouria
  • Bozom[4]
  • Brouquet
  • Brousset
  • Cabarry
  • Casamayou
  • Casenave
  • Castéra
  • Cataline
  • La Châtaigneraie (two places)
  • Grange Clédou
  • Couchies
  • Coumet
  • Daguès-Bié
  • Gahuset
  • Guillamasse
  • Habarna
  • Habe
  • Haure
  • Hourcade
  • Jupé
  • Labasserres
  • Labourie
  • Lacrouts
  • Ladebat
  • Lambrou
  • Lanot
  • Lasbordes
  • Bois de Lauga (forest)
  • Lème Carraze
  • Lème Monlucou
  • Lolou
  • Grange Lolou
  • Lombré
  • Massaly (ruins)
  • Michelat
  • Grange Miramon
  • Moncaut (spring)
  • Mondaut
  • Grange Monsempès
  • Moun du Rey
  • Mourtérou
  • Nérios
  • Ourthe
  • L'Oustau
  • Paloc
  • Petit Paloc
  • Pareil
  • Pédemelou
  • Le Petit Hameau
  • Picourlat
  • Plà
  • Le Point de Vue
  • Porteteny
  • Rieupeyrous
  • Thomas
  • Toulet
  • Tourne (ruins)

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Arros de Nai.

Michel Grosclaude, with much reservation, suggested an Aquitaine root of (h)arr ("stone" or "rock") with the suffix -ossum, which gives a meaning "where there are rocks".[5]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
ArrosArrossium1100Raymond
13
Titles of MifagetVillage
Arros1120Grosclaude
Arrode12th centuryRaymond
13
Marca
Rode12th centuryRaymond
13
Marca
Arros1286Pau
Arros1750Cassini
Béesle Bée1675Raymond
26
ReformationStream rising at Capbis and joining the Gave de Pau after flowing through Asson, and Arros-de-Nay.
Le Béès1863Raymond
26
BiéBier1385Raymond
31
CensusFarm
BozomLa Monyoge de Bosom1536Raymond
36
ReformationFarm
Bouzoum1863Raymond
36
Château d'EspalungueEspalungue1863Raymond
61
Chateau
LaragnousLaranhoet1385Raymond
93
CensusFarm

Sources:

Origins:

On 27 January 1932 the prefect, citing consecutive administrative mistakes from the plurality of the name Arros in the department (Arros Canton of Nay, Arros Canton of Oloron), decided to associate the name of the chief town of the canton with that of the commune and asked the Municipal Council to endorse his decision. The council of the time complied and the name became Arros-de-Nay.

History
The War Memorial.

The first traces of the village date to the 11th century when it was cited with the name Arrossium ("place where there are rocks"). In the 12th century a noble family (de Rode, d'Arrode, then d'Arros) who owned the Lordships of Rode, Vauzé, the Viguerie of Lembeye took possession of the fief which became Arrode then later Arros.

Paul Raymond noted that, in 1385, Arros had 44 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau. Arros, with its hamlets towards Bosdarros ('Bois d'Arros'), was the seventh largest of the twelve large Baronies of Béarn.[4]

Heraldry
Arms of Arros-de-Nay
 Each lozenge represents one of the five districts: the village (where the chateau is), Moun de Rey, Bois de Bié, Les Labassères, le Petit Hameau.[11]

Blazon:
Or, five lozenges of Sable set 3 and 2.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[12]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1923
FromToNamePartyPosition
17931796Jean Laban
17961799Jean Lassus
17991802Jean Grilhere
18021805Joseph Miramon
18051809Jean-Baptiste d'Espalungue
1835Miramon
18671871Miramon
18711882Suberbielle
18821887Henri d'Espalungue
18871888Alexis Barrère
18881896Marcel Miramon
18961900Armand d'Espalungue
19001904Jean-Alexis Dufau
19041912Armand d'Espalungue
19121919Jean Dufau
19191923Édouard Meniche
Mayors from 1961
FromToNamePartyPosition
19611977Léon Fiol
19771983Jean Buisson
19831995Jean Berrette
19952001André Broqué
20012014Georges Bordenave

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Pays de Nay;
  • the AEP association of Nay-Ouest;
  • the Sanitation association of Pays du Nay;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for the defence against floods of the Gave de Pau;
  • the inter-communal association for the defence against floods of the Luz;
  • the inter-communal association for the construction of the CES of Nay;

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 791 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
1,069 842 1,017 1,158 1,100 1,170 1,164 1,110 1,121
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
1,124 1,164 1,104 1,007 965 986 928 903 932
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
907 911 837 751 725 764 712 629 643
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
605 582 681 816 817 728 728 791 -
Population of Arros-de-Nay

Economy
The Chateau of Arros in 1926

The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

The Chateau of Arros (17th century) is registered as an historical monument.[13]

Religious heritage
The church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur.
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur (1835) is registered as an historical monument.[14]

Education

Arros-de-Nay has a primary school.

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See also

Notes
  1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  5. Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
  6. Manuscripts in two volumes from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  7. Cassini Map 1750 – Arros-de-Nay
  8. Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn
  9. Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. Arms of France (in French)
  12. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00084318 Chateau of Arros (in French)
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000597 Parish Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur (in French)
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