Agnos

Agnos is located just 2 km south of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and some 25 km southwest of Pau. It can be accessed on the D155 road from Bidos in the northeast coming southwest to the village then continuing southeast to Gurmençon. The D555 road also passes through the commune from the north and joins the D155 northeast of the village.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Agnos,+France/@43.1519815,-0.6265411,6670m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd57001a356e5c9f:0xef3a8a2b27ac6237?hl=en|title=Agnos · France|website=Agnos · France}} The commune is mixed farmland and forests with the forests scattered throughout the commune.

The river Mielle, a tributary of the Gave d'Oloron (Adour basin), flows through the commune.{{Sandre|Q7000570|La Mielle}}

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• La Baig
• Candalot
• Dufau
• Fontaine Anglade
• Laborde-Boy
• Lasserre
• Ledorré
• Logecoop
• Mirande
• Le Plouts
• Sayette
• Sentin

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|Centre = Agnos

|North = Oloron-Sainte-Marie

|Northeast = Bidos

|East = Gurmencon

|Southeast = Eysus

|South = Asasp-Arros

|Southwest = Ance

|West = Féas

|Northwest = Saint-Pee-d'en-Haut

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The commune name in béarnais is Anhos. Michel Grosclaude suggested that Agnos came from a Latin man's name Annius with an Aqitaine suffix -ossum the whole meaning "domain of Annius".

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

Sources:

• Raymond: [https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees], 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. {{in lang|fr}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818095922/https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC |date=2024-08-18 }}, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang|fr}}
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 {{in lang|fr}}Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN|2-35068-005-3}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750{{Cite web|url=http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=-0.618&lon=43.164&zoom=13|title=France 1750 - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection|website=rumsey.geogarage.com|access-date=2014-09-03|archive-date=2024-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818095848/http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=-0.618&lon=43.164&zoom=13|url-status=live}}

Origins:

• Fors de BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang|fr}}
• Census: Census of Béarn
• Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang|fr}}

Paul Raymond noted on page 3 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Agnos had seventeen fires and depended on the bailiwick of Oloron.

The commune was merged with Gurmençon on 1 February 1973 to form the commune called Val-du-Gave d'Aspe. It was restored to its previous status on 1 January 1983.

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List of Successive Mayors of Agnos{{Cite web|url=http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22119|title=francegenweb.org - votre service benevole d'assistance genealogique|first=Robert|last=Weinland|website=www.francegenweb.org|access-date=2014-09-03|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064352/http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22119|url-status=live}}

The town is part of five inter-communal organisations:

• the Community of communes of Haut Béarn
• the SIVU to limit floods in Agnos
• the AEP Union for Agnos-Gurmençon
• the Inter-communal Union for Sanitisation for the Aspe gateway
• the energy union for Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|175|Agnos}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64007#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818095859/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64007#ancre-POP_T1 |date=2024-08-18 }}, INSEE

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|1793 |346

|1800 |301

|1806 |328

|1821 |375

|1831 |421

|1836 |479

|1841 |473

|1846 |482

|1851 |461

|1856 |431

|1861 |431

|1866 |419

|1872 |407

|1876 |372

|1881 |402

|1886 |384

|1891 |405

|1896 |405

|1901 |412

|1906 |406

|1911 |403

|1921 |401

|1926 |374

|1931 |373

|1936 |368

|1946 |351

|1954 |390

|1962 |372

|1968 |353

|1975 |465

|1982 |478

|1990 |645

|1999 |751

|2007 |834

|2012 |910

|2017 |1019

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The activity of the commune is mainly agricultural (farming, polyculture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) of ossau-iraty.

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The Church has a Trinitarian steeple (the presence of a Bell-gable or campenard). It contains many items which are registered as historical objects (although some were destroyed by fire in 1968):

• An Altar (destroyed) (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000537|PM64000537 Altar}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 6 Candlesticks (destroyed) (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000536|PM64000536 6 Candlesticks}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Cross (destroyed) (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000535|PM64000535 Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Tabernacle (destroyed) (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000534|PM64000534 Tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Chalice (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000006|PM64000006 Chalice}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Ciborium (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000005|PM64000005 Ciborium}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Retable (destroyed) (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000003|PM64000003 Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}

The Forests of Bugangue{{Cite web|url=http://www.amisdebugangue.fr/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818103555/http://www.amisdebugangue.fr/|url-status=dead|title=amisdebugangue.fr|archivedate=August 18, 2013|website=www.amisdebugangue.fr}} and Labaigt are inter-association woods managed by the National Office of Forests (ONF){{Cite web|url=https://www.onf.fr/|title=Office national des forêts|website=Office national des forêts|access-date=2022-11-12|archive-date=2024-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818100016/https://www.onf.fr/|url-status=live}} which provide valuable shelter for preserving local flora and fauna. Many species are protected. An arboretum is a result of collaboration with the ONF.{{Cite web|url=http://www.agnos.fr/|title=Village d'Agnos|website=www.agnos.fr}}

The Mielle, a small stream that rises in Agnos, is listed in the Natura 2000 program for three rare species: white-clawed crayfish, European pond turtles, and the rare European mink which does not exist anywhere in France except in the south-west.

The Pyrenees are rich in scenery and the village of Agnos is the starting point of one of the most attractive routes for cycling across the foothills: From Agnos to Mail Arrouil and back (four hours of cycling or seven hours of walking) in a variety of environments, moors, rocks, meadows with views of the Pyrenees. This route, like many others, is managed by the local hiking plan of the Community of communes of Piémont Oloronais (CCPO).{{Cite web|url=https://www.hautbearn.fr/|title=Accueil|website=Communauté de commune du Haut-Béarn|access-date=2022-11-12|archive-date=2014-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219200225/http://www.hautbearn.fr/|url-status=live}}

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;Associations

The model aircraft club{{Cite web|title=Bienvenue au Club de Aéromodélisme d'Agnos/Oloron |url=http://ww1.aeromodelisme-agnos.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628035406/http://aeromodelisme-agnos.com/|url-status=usurped|archivedate=June 28, 2013|website=ww1.aeromodelisme-agnos.com}} welcomes its members in the Sayette neighborhood.

;Education

The town has a primary school.

;Multi-Media Library

The Multi-media library project of the CCPO identified the municipal library of Agnos as a relay point.

;Sports and sports equipment

The basketball club merged with that of Asasp in 2006 to form BCHB (Basketball Club of Haut-Bearn).

• Catherine Capdevielle, born in 1938 in Agnos, is an athlete specialising in ordeal sprinting.

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

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• [http://www.agnos.fr Agnos official website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.piemont-oloronais.fr/ Community of communes of Piémont oloronais website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.164&lon=-0.618&zoom=13 Agnos on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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