Arnos Grove house 5 Sept 2016.jpg

Arnos is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

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

Geography

Arnos is located some 25 km north-west of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau and 10 km east of Arthez-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D276 from Castillon (Canton of Arthez-de-Béarn), 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.Google Maps
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The river Aubin (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

Géoportail
Institut géographique national, IGN

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The name ''Arnos'' appears in the form ''Arnas'' on the French cartography#Cassini maps, Cassini Map.

History

In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
Paul Raymond (archivist), Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 10

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

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

In 2017, the commune had 113 inhabitants.

Sports Venues

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

See also

*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

External links

Arnos on the Community of communes of Arthez-de-Béarn website

Arnos on Géoportail
Institut géographique national, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arnas'' on the 1750 Cassini Map

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Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques