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Arnos

Field	Value
name	Arnos
commune status	Commune
image	Arnos General View.JPG
caption	A general view of Arnos
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Arnos (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg
arrondissement	Pau
canton	Artix et Pays de Soubestre
INSEE	64048
postal code	64370
mayor	Alain Pédegert
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CC Lacq-Orthez
coordinates
elevation m	155
elevation min m	133
elevation max m	232
area km2	5.69
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Arnos (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg

Arnos (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Arnos is located some 25 km north-west of Pau and 10 km east of Arthez-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D276 from Castillon in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing south-east then east to join the D945. There is a large Formula 3 racetrack in the south of the commune run by the Moto Club Pau-Arnos. The commune consists of farmland except for a few small patches of forest.

The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.

Places and Hamlets

Bousquet
Carracou
Cassauba
Castandet
Castéra
Marquine
Monplaisir
Montagut
Pallane
Pédoussau
Péré
Péruilh
Péruillet
Pétrou
Poey (ruins)
Saintong
Sansot

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.

History

In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1832	1852	Henri Pétrou
1995	2001	André Bourdieu
2001	2026	Alain Pédegert

Inter-communality

Arnos is part of four inter-communal structures:

the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez;
the Water and sanitation association of Trois Cantons;
the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
the inter-communal association of Arthez-de-Béarn.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes in French.

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Sports Venues

The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arnos/@43.4576577,-0.5242106,6595m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd565e717d92a1e1:0x40665174813acb0?hl=en Google Maps]
{{Sandre. Q3360500. L'Aubin
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Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 10 {{in lang. fr
fr
[https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr
{{Cassini-Ehess. 1308. Arnos
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64048#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
[http://www.circuit-pau-arnos.com/ Pau-Arnos Racing Circuit website] {{in lang. fr

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