Arrosès

Arrosès
Commune
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Location of Arrosès
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Coordinates: 43°32′32″N 0°06′37″W / 43.5422°N 0.1103°W / 43.5422; -0.1103
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh
Intercommunality	Nord-Est Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Cantounet[1]
Area 1	9.64 km2 (3.72 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	137
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64056 /64350
Elevation	129–265 m (423–869 ft) (avg. 226 m or 741 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arrosès (French pronunciation: [aʁozɛs]; Occitan: Arrosés) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Arrosès is located some 50 km south-east of Hagetmau and some 5 km west of Madiran with the eastern border of the commune being the border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments. Access to the commune is by the D219 road from Aurions-Idernes in the west passing through the commune north of the village then continuing east to Madiran as the D66. The D292 comes from Aubous in the north passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to join the D139 south of Crouseilles. The commune is mostly farmland with patches of forest scattered throughout.^[3]

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with several streams rising in the commune and flowing east to join the Saget which flows north to join the Adour near Saint-Mont and forming most of the eastern border of the commune. The Larcis forms most of the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Lees.

The commune name in béarnais is Arrosés.

Michel Grosclaude proposed as its etymology the anthroponym Arrosés which was very common in the Pyrenees and the Iberian Peninsula and well attested in the Middle Ages.^[8]

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. (in French)^[4]
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)^[8]
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750^[9]
• Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arrosès, EHESS (in French).

Origins:

• Census: Census of Béarn^[10]
• Affièvement: Titles of affièvement of Arrosès
• Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn^[11]
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn^[12]
• Terrier: Terrier of Arrosès.^[13]

Paul Raymond noted on page 13 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385, Arrosès had 31 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye. There was a Tithe in Arrosès parish called Sainte-Rose.^[4]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2021)

List of Successive Mayors^[14]

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn;
• the highways SIVU of the Canton of Lembeye
• the AEP association of Crouseilles;
• the SIVU for educational regrouping in Aurions-idernes, Arrosès, Séméacq-Blachon, and Moncaup;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;

In 2017 the commune had 139 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 466 —     1800 358 −3.70% 1806 454 +4.04% 1821 463 +0.13% 1831 517 +1.11% 1836 554 +1.39% 1841 645 +3.09% 1846 679 +1.03% 1851 621 −1.77% 1856 597 −0.79% 1861 515 −2.91% 1866 504 −0.43% 1872 492 −0.40% 1876 486 −0.31% 1881 462 −1.01% 1886 478 +0.68% 1891 414 −2.83% 1896 415 +0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 403 −0.59% 1906 332 −3.80% 1911 310 −1.36% 1921 259 −1.78% 1926 267 +0.61% 1931 223 −3.54% 1936 216 −0.64% 1946 198 −0.87% 1954 183 −0.98% 1962 187 +0.27% 1968 203 +1.38% 1975 178 −1.86% 1982 159 −1.60% 1990 145 −1.15% 1999 141 −0.31% 2007 152 +0.94% 2012 147 −0.67% 2017 139 −1.11%
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Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]

The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, and Béarn AOC.

A number of structures have been identified as historical monuments. These are:

• A Fortified complex^[17] (Motte-and-bailey castle, courtyard, house) indicates the presence of a lordship in the 11th century.
• Of 50 Houses and Farms^[18] surveyed by the Ministry of Culture, 25 were built prior to 1871.
• The Chateau of Sauvernéa^[7] at a place called Mombet is a notable house built in the 18th century. Other objects at Mombet are:
  • A Tombstone dated 1762.^[19]
  • A sideboard (18th century)^[20]
  • A weathervane (18th century)^[21]
• A Farm at a place called Flandres from 1746.^[6]

A Hilarri^[5] located at a house in the Bouézou area dates to the 17th century. It came from the old church which is now destroyed.^[22]

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption^[23] partially dates to the 12th century. It contains many items which have been registered. These are:

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

• Rosés on the 1750 Cassini Map

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