Anos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Explained

Anos
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Pau
Canton:	Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès
Insee:	64027
Postal Code:	64160
Mayor:	Christelle Desclaux^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Nord Est Béarn
Coordinates:	43.3992°N -0.2914°W
Elevation M:	250
Elevation Min M:	199
Elevation Max M:	305
Area Km2:	1.79

Anos (in French pronounced as /anɔs/; Occitan (post 1500);: Anòs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. It is part of the urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.^[2]

Geography

Anos is located some 15 km north-east of Pau and 10 km south-east of Auriac. Access to the commune is by road D39 from Morlaas in the south passing north through the commune and the village and continuing north to join the D834 just north of Astis. Several other country roads also pass through the commune.

The Lau river forms the western border of the commune with the eastern shore of the Lake of Saint-Amour (also called the Lake of Anos) forming the part just west of the village. The Lau flows north to join the Luy de France which also forms the eastern border of the commune.^[3]

Historical Localities and hamlets

• Guilhem
• Guillaumet
• Guiraut
• Jouannes
• Lartigue
• Peyré
• Peys
• Puyau
• Tachoères

^{[4] [5]}

Toponymy

The commune name in Béarnais is Anòs (according to the classical norm of Occitan).

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval^[6] indicates that Anos could be of Gallic origin being the name of the property owner Andus plus the suffix -ossu with a proposed meaning of "Domain of Andus".

The name Anos was mentioned in 1243^[7] in the Titles of Ossau^[8] and in the Cassini map in 1750^[9]).

History

Paul Raymond^[7] noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that in the 14th century Anos belonged to the community of Preachers of Morlaàs.

The commune was part of the archdeaconry of Vic-Bihl which depended on the diocese of Lescar of which Lembeye was the capital.^[7]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[10]

From	To	Name
1995	2008	Jacques Cantonnet
2008	2014	Patrick Yacger
2014	2026	Christelle Desclaux

Inter-communality

Anos is part of five inter-communal structures:^[11]

• The Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn;
• The SIVU for the maintenance of roads, parks and buildings in Barinque;
• The AEP association for the Regions of Luy and Gabas;
• The Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• The iner-communal association for irrigation of Anos - Saint-Armou.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anosiens or Anosiennes in French.^[12]

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

• The Maison Tachoères farmhouse (1768) is registered as an historical monument.^[13]
• Other Houses and Farms (18th-19th century) are also registered as historical monuments.^[14]

Religious heritage

• The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (11th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[15]

Environmental heritage

An artificial lake called Lake Saint-Armou or Lake of Anos^[5] is on the border between the two communes.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Anos on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM64027-anos Commune d'Anos (64027)
3. https://www.google.com/maps/place/64160+Anos,+France/@43.399236,-0.2897751,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5638b10060bd03:0xf1d0bb7d889900f2 Google Maps
4. [Michel Grosclaude]
5. http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.2914,43.3992&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Anos on Géoportail
6. [Brigitte Jobbé-Duval]
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
8. Titles of the Ossau Valley - Departmental archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
9. http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.3992&lon=0.2914&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 - Anos
10. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22137 List of Mayors of France
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20140115072255/http://comdpt.pyrenees-atlantiques.pref.gouv.fr/ComDpt64/ComGrp.php?siren=216400275&licom=Anos Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
12. https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée