Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Argelos is located some 25 km north of Pau and 3 km west of Auriac. Access to the commune is by the D214 road from the village north to join the D944 road south-east of Thèze. The A65 autoroute passes through the northern tip of the commune but the nearest exit is Exit 9 near Miossens-Lanusse.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/64450+Argelos/@43.4474781,-0.3373651,6665m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5641a8a8a1beb7:0x40665174813ad00?hl=en Google Maps] The commune is mixed farmland and forest.

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Luy de France forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west fed by its tributaries the Basta and the Balaing.

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• Barbé
• La Barthe
• Bordenave
• Boué
• Bourdalé
• Bozano
• Brouca
• Carrère
• Cassou
• Castagnet
• Chicoy
• Dibet
• Hargouette
• Hayet
• Labarrane
• Lamarque
• La Lane
• Larricq
• Lavignotte
• Lopou
• Loubané or Loubâne
• Morlaas
• Noble
• Poulou
• Sansarricq
• Tauhuré
• Then

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|Centre = Argelos

|North = Thèze

|Northeast = Miossens-Lanusse

|East = Auriac

|Southeast = Lasclaveries

|South = Navailles-Angos

|Southwest = Bournos

|West = Doumy

|Northwest = Viven

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The commune name in béarnais is Argelos. Brigitte Jobbé-DuvalBrigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, {{ISBN|978-2-35077-151-9}} {{in lang|fr}} indicated that Argelos probably had a Latin origin of argilla (meaning "Clay") with the suffix -ossum. The meaning of the name would then be "clay soil".

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], Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang|fr}}
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.4525&lon=-0.3464&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 – Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques]

Origins:

• Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang|fr}}

Paul Raymond noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 there were 29 fires in Argelos and it depended on the bailiwick of Pau. Auriac was formerly annexed to the commune.

The barony of Viven included Argelos, Auriac, and Viven and was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

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List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22151 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}

Argelos is part of 4 inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
• the AEP association of the regions of Luy and Gabas;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ;
• the scholastic association Argelos - Astis.

In 2017 the commune had 282 inhabitants.

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|1793 |325

|1800 |533

|1806 |414

|1821 |357

|1831 |361

|1836 |392

|1841 |395

|1846 |373

|1851 |309

|1856 |307

|1861 |309

|1866 |293

|1872 |300

|1876 |301

|1881 |317

|1886 |301

|1891 |283

|1896 |255

|1901 |268

|1906 |283

|1911 |249

|1921 |214

|1926 |201

|1931 |206

|1936 |201

|1946 |173

|1954 |150

|1962 |133

|1968 |128

|1975 |136

|1982 |131

|1990 |197

|1999 |217

|2007 |253

|2012 |250

|2017 |282

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The commune has several buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Maison Marque Farmhouse (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026703|IA00026703 Maison Marque Farmhouse}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Farmhouse at Loubané (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026702|IA00026702 Farmhouse at Loubané}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026701|IA00026701 Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Farmhouse at Lamarque (1725){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026700|IA00026700 Farmhouse at Lamarque}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Houses and Farms (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026697|IA00026697 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Fortified Complex at Lopou (Middle Ages){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026698|IA00026698 Fortified Complex at Lopou}} {{in lang|fr}}

The Parish Church of Saint-André (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}} is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00026699|IA00026699 Parish Church of Saint-André}} {{in lang|fr}} It contains many items which are registered as historical objects:

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• The Furniture in the Church{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001143|IM64001143 Furniture in the Church}}{{Palissy|IM64001147|IM64001147 Supplementary List}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Two Dalmatics (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001146|IM64001146 2 Dalmatics}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001145|IM64001145 Sunburst Monstrance}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 4 altar Candlesticks (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001144|IM64001144 4 Altar Candlesticks}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 banks of Pews (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001142|IM64001142 2 banks of Pews}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Confessional (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001143|IM64001143 Confessional}} {{in lang|fr}}
• An Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable in the Altar of the Virgin (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001141|IM64001141 Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Hanging Lighting Brackets (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001140|IM64001140 2 Hanging Lighting Brackets}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Painting: Christ on the Cross (1935){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001139|IM64001139 Painting: Christ on the Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 2 Statues: Saints Pierre and André (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001138|IM64001138 2 Statues: Saints Pierre and André}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Retable (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001137|IM64001137 Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Tabernacle (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001136|IM64001136 Tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}
• An Altar with 2 banks of seating (17th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001135|IM64001135 Altar with 2 banks of seating}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The whole main Altar{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM64001134|IM64001134 Main Altar}} {{in lang|fr}}

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Argelos has a primary school which is shared with Astis as an inter-communal educational grouping.

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

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• [http://www.cclb64.fr/ Community of communes of Luys en Béarn] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.4525&lon=-0.3464&zoom=13 Argelos on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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