Angous (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Geography Angous is located some 5 km south-west of Navarrenx and 12 km north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. It can be accessed by the D2 road which runs from Navarrenx and forms the south-eastern border of the commune before continuing to Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu. Access to the village is by the D69 road which runs off the D2 to the village. The commune consists of mainly farmland with patches of forest.Google Maps
Located on the watershed of the Adour, the Serrot, a tributary of the Lausset, with many tributaries flows through the commune from south-west to north-east passing near the village. The Ruisseau de Lassere with many tributaries also flows from the south-west towards the northeast to the east of the village and forms part of the eastern border.
Places and Hamlets
Beigbédé Bestit Bois de Carrié Bonnehoun Bordenave Cabane Caillau Carrié Chincas Claverie Denis Jaquet Labadie Labatut Labourdette Lagrave Lahaderne Larrieu Lartigue Lauga Ligaray Maréchal Miranda Mirassou Montjoye Mouliet Nabarre (ruins) Olive Parfouby Poumirau Pucheu Serbielle Serrot Trouilh
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy The commune name in Gascon is Angós which means "marshy terrain" according to Michel Grosclaude and Brigitte Jobbé-DuvalBrigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture,
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Angous Angos 1385 Raymond Census Village Anguos 1548 Raymond Reformation Saint-André d'Angous 1673 Raymond Insinuations Angous 1750 Cassini Angoust 1793 Ldh/EHESS/Cassini Angons 1801 Ldh/EHESS/Cassini Bulletin des Lois Caillau Caillau 1863 Raymond Fief Dalen Dalen 1863 Raymond Farm Les Navailles Navaillez 1366 Raymond Chapter of Navailles Hamlet, former commune founded in 1366 Los Nabalhes 1385 Raymond Census Los Navalhees d'Angos 1412 Raymond Notaries Los quoate Nabalhes 1538 Raymond Reformation Les Navaillès 1593 Raymond Angous Les Randuches Les Randuches 1366 Raymond Chapter of Navailles Hamlet Serbielle Serviele 1385 Raymond Census Farm Servielle 1863 Raymond Serrot Serrot 1863 Raymond Census Hamlet
Sources:
Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750Cassini Map 1750 – Angous Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:
Origins:
Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of OloronManuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Notaries: Notaries of NavarrenxNotaries of Navarrenx in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Angous: Titles of Angous.Titles of Angous in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History Paul Raymond noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn. In 1385 there were 12 fires in Angous and it depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx.
The barony of Gabaston, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn, was made up of Angous, Navailles, and Susmiou.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2001 David Layous 2001 2008 Roger Eyheremendy 2008 2026 Francis Lansalot-Matras
Inter-communality The commune is part of six inter-communal structures: the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves; the inter-communal association for Gaves and of Saleys; the mixed forestry association for the oak groves in the Basque and béarnais valleys; the collection association of Navarrenx; the AEP association of Navarrenx; the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angousiens or Angousiennes in French.Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
Economy The activity is directed mainly towards agriculture (livestock grazing, market gardening, and horticultural crops). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.
Culture and Heritage
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Saint-André (1847) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Church Gallery
The sect Tabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
References
External links Angous on the 1750 Cassini Map