Araux Explained

Araux
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton:Le Cœur de Béarn
Insee:64033
Postal Code:64190
Mayor:Jean-Jacques Montreer[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Béarn des Gaves
Coordinates:43.3531°N -0.8064°W
Elevation M:120
Elevation Min M:98
Elevation Max M:188
Area Km2:5.40

Araux (Araus in Occitan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.

Geography

Location

This commune is located roughly midway between Sauveterre-de-Béarn to the northwest and Navarrenx to the south-east.

Access

Araux is accessed by departmental roads 836 and 936.

Waterways

Araux lies in the Adour watershed. The Gave d'Oloron (a tributary of the Gave de Pau) and the Lausset, a tributary, flow through the commune. The Cassou dou Boue and the Lescuncette stream, both tributaries of the Harcellane stream (itself a tributary of the Lausset), also pass through the commune.

Toponymy

Araux has also been referred to as Araus (

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.