Ayros-Arbouix

View of the Mountains from Arbouix

Coat of arms

Ayros-Arbouix

Location within Occitanie region

Ayros-Arbouix

Coordinates: 43°00′20″N 0°03′52″W / 43.0056°N 0.0644°WCoordinates: 43°00′20″N 0°03′52″W / 43.0056°N 0.0644°W

Country

Argelès-Gazost

Vallée d'Argelès-Gazost

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Régis Baudiffier

Area¹

2.72 km² (1.05 sq mi)

Population (2010)²

291

• Density

110/km² (280/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

65055 / 65400

Elevation

418–880 m (1,371–2,887 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ayros-Arbouix is a French commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aybouisois or Aybouisoises.^[1]

Geography

Ayros-Arbouix is part of the Pyrénées National Park and is located some 10 km south of Lourdes just east of Argelès-Gazost. Access to the commune is by road D821 from Lourdes which changes to the D913 at the commune border and passes down the western side of the commune continuing south to join the D921 near Villelongue. The D13 comes from Boô-Silhen in the north and passes through the centre of the commune before continuing south to Préchac. The D100 links the D821 to the D13 in the commune. Access to the village is by a country road east from the D13. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Couture Bague south-west of the village and Arbouix in the south of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[2]

The Gave de Pau flows along the western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Gave d'Oloron forming the Gaves Réunis at Peyrehorade. The Estau river flows west through the centre of the commune to join the Gave de Pau. The Ruisseau d'Aygueberden flows west though the south of the commune to join the Gave de Pau.^[2]

The Gave de Pau with the bridge from Ayros-Arbouix (left) to Argelès-Gazost

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Ayros-Arbouix

Préchac

Beaucens

Vier-Bordes

Heraldry

	These arms are faulty as they do not comply with the rule of tincture (Sable on Azure) Blazon: Azure, a fesse wavy enhanced of Argent, in chief the Arial letters AY to dexter and AR to sinister the same, in base a bow Sable stringed Gules and arrow notched Azure feathered and armed Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

From	To	Name
1831	1831	Cazajous
1862	1862	Justin Nogue
1870	1870	Louis Cayrey
1965	1977	André Sempé
1977	1989	Louis Pédarribes
1989	2014	Jean Louis Pambrun
2014	2020	Régis Baudiffier

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 291 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
148	193	192	212	198	222	344	380	401

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
422	360	365	338	337	351	317	280	252

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
266	262	232	223	206	204	192	206	211

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
220	228	235	256	230	231	298	291	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

The Gave de Pau from the bridge

Sports

Arbouix village

The village has a green where Quilles de Neuf (Nine Bowls) is played.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

↑ Inhabitants of Hautes-Pyrénées (French)
1 2 3 Google Maps
↑ List of Mayors of France (French)

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