Arget

Geography

Arget is located some 18 km north-east of Orthez and 12 km south-east of Hagetmau on the border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Landes departments. It can be accessed by the D264 road from Montagut in the east passing through the commune and the village (of 2 buildings) and continuing south-west to Casteide-Candau. The commune has quite large areas of forest in the west but is mostly farmland.

Several streams rise in the commune with the Hourquet forming the north-western border as it flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de la Rance at the northern tip of the commune. The Rance forms the north-eastern border as it flows north-west. The south-eastern border also consists of an unnamed stream which joins the Rance just outside the eastern tip of the commune.

Places and hamlets

• Bayoc
• Boué
• Capère
• Carrèrot
• Castagnet
• Conte
• Cousnat
• Glaude
• Herris
• Hibet
• Hourcq
• Ménou
• Montaut
• Pourtique
• Régidou
• Séris
• Touroun
• Vignau

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Arget.

Michel Grosclaude was unable to justify the local belief that the name means "sandy place" from arena (meaning "sand") with the collective suffix -etum (giving arenetum then arenet then areet then ariet), and could not conclude other than "of uncertain origin and meaning".

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.
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006

Origins:

• Luntz:
• Order of Malta: Titles of the Order of Malta

History

Paul Raymond said on page 10 of his 1863 Topographical Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees that Arget depended on the Commandery of Malta of Caubin and Morlaàs and on the Barony of Moustrou, built in 1647, and was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Argétois or Argétoises in French.

|1793 |213 |1800 |201 |1806 |315 |1821 |223 |1831 |270 |1836 |248 |1841 |294 |1846 |303 |1851 |302 |1856 |282 |1861 |227 |1866 |206 |1872 |190 |1876 |195 |1881 |200 |1886 |205 |1891 |193 |1896 |172 |1901 |167 |1906 |161 |1911 |170 |1921 |159 |1926 |151 |1931 |139 |1936 |130 |1946 |119 |1954 |107 |1962 |110 |1968 |99 |1975 |100 |1982 |97 |1990 |79 |1999 |83 |2007 |89 |2012 |89 |2017 |78

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

Arget has many farms that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at Hourcq (1832)
• The Menusé farm at Pourtique (1897)
• The Lajournade farm at Pourtique (18th century)
• The Pemeste farm at Hourcq (1797)
• Houses and Farms
• A Farmhouse at Boué (1905)
• A Farmhouse at Hibet (1871)
• A Farmhouse at Carrèrot (1898)
• A Farmhouse at Touroun (18th century)

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Notre Dame (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. It contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church
• A Bronze Processional Cross (18th century)
• A Wooden Processional Cross (19th century)

Notable people

• Annie Beustes, a New Caledonian politician born in Arget.

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arget/@43.5422034,-0.5323294,3354m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd56614c2600923f:0xe585dee22e60d55c?hl=en Google Maps]
3. IGN]] {{in lang. fr
4. Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang. fr
5. [[Michel Grosclaude]], ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN. 2-35068-005-3 {{in lang. fr
6. Contracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
7. Titles of the [[Order of Malta]] in the Departmental Archives of [[Haute-Garonne]] {{in lang. fr
8. fr
9. [https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr
10. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1215. Arget
11. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64044#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000061. IA64000061 Farmhouse at Hourcq {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000059. IA64000059 Menusé farm at Pourtique {{in lang. fr
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000065. IA64000065 Lajournade farm at Pourtique {{in lang. fr
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000062. IA64000062 Pemeste farm at Hourcq {{in lang. fr
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000135. IA64000135 Houses and Farms {{in lang. fr
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000066. IA64000066 Farmhouse at Boué {{in lang. fr
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000064. IA64000064 Farmhouse at Hibet {{in lang. fr
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000063. IA64000063 Farmhouse at Carrèrot {{in lang. fr
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000060. IA64000060 Farmhouse at Touroun {{in lang. fr
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000001. IA64000001 Parish Church of Notre Dame {{in lang. fr
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64002827. IM64002827 Furniture in the Church {{in lang. fr
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64002780. IM64002780 Supplementary list of Furniture in the Church {{in lang. fr
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64002651. IM64002651 Bronze Processional Cross {{in lang. fr
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64002650. IM64002650 Wooden Processional Cross {{in lang. fr