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.
This commune is located roughly midway between Sauveterre-de-Béarn to the northwest and Navarrenx to the south-east.
Araux is accessed by departmental roads 836 and 936.
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.
Araux has also been referred to as Araus (