Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Geography

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. 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.

Places and Hamlets

• 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

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Argelos. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval 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: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

Origins:

• Census: Census of Béarn

History

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.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Intercommunality

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.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 282 inhabitants.

| graph-pos = bottom |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

Culture and Heritage

Civil Heritage

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

• The Maison Marque Farmhouse (18th century)
• A Farmhouse at Loubané (18th century)
• The Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte (18th century)
• A Farmhouse at Lamarque (1725)
• Houses and Farms (18th century)
• A Fortified Complex at Lopou (Middle Ages)

Religious Heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-André (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. It contains many items which are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church
• Two Dalmatics (18th century)
• A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)
• 4 altar Candlesticks (19th century)
• 2 banks of Pews (19th century)
• A Confessional (18th century)
• An Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable in the Altar of the Virgin (17th century)
• 2 Hanging Lighting Brackets (18th century)
• A Painting: Christ on the Cross (1935)
• 2 Statues: Saints Pierre and André (18th century)
• A Retable (18th century)
• A Tabernacle (17th century)
• An Altar with 2 banks of seating (17th century)
• The whole main Altar

Education

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

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/64043-argelos Commune d'Argelos (64043)], INSEE
3. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/64450+Argelos/@43.4474781,-0.3373651,6665m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5641a8a8a1beb7:0x40665174813ad00?hl=en Google Maps]
4. [[Brigitte Jobbé-Duval]], ''Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture, {{ISBN. 978-2-35077-151-9 {{in lang. fr
5. Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang. fr
6. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.4525&lon=-0.3464&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 – Argelos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques]
7. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
8. fr
9. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1182. Argelos
10. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64043#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026703. IA00026703 Maison Marque Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026702. IA00026702 Farmhouse at Loubané {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026701. IA00026701 Maison Lavignotte-Lagrela Farmhouse at Lavignotte {{in lang. fr
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026700. IA00026700 Farmhouse at Lamarque {{in lang. fr
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026697. IA00026697 Houses and Farms {{in lang. fr
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026698. IA00026698 Fortified Complex at Lopou {{in lang. fr
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026699. IA00026699 Parish Church of Saint-André {{in lang. fr
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001143. IM64001143 Furniture in the Church{{Palissy. IM64001147. IM64001147 Supplementary List {{in lang. fr
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001146. IM64001146 2 Dalmatics {{in lang. fr
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001145. IM64001145 Sunburst Monstrance {{in lang. fr
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001144. IM64001144 4 Altar Candlesticks {{in lang. fr
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001142. IM64001142 2 banks of Pews {{in lang. fr
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001143. IM64001143 Confessional {{in lang. fr
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001141. IM64001141 Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable {{in lang. fr
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001140. IM64001140 2 Hanging Lighting Brackets {{in lang. fr
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001139. IM64001139 Painting: Christ on the Cross {{in lang. fr
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001138. IM64001138 2 Statues: Saints Pierre and André {{in lang. fr
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001137. IM64001137 Retable {{in lang. fr
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001136. IM64001136 Tabernacle {{in lang. fr
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001135. IM64001135 Altar with 2 banks of seating {{in lang. fr
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001134. IM64001134 Main Altar {{in lang. fr