| Arnos | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Arnos (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Pau |
| Canton: | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Insee: | 64048 |
| Postal Code: | 64370 |
| Mayor: | Alain Pédegert[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Lacq-Orthez |
| Coordinates: | 43.4581°N -0.5317°W |
| Elevation M: | 155 |
| Elevation Min M: | 133 |
| Elevation Max M: | 232 |
| Area Km2: | 5.69 |
Arnos (in French pronounced as /aʁnɔs/; Occitan (post 1500);: Arnós) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Arnos is located some 25 km north-west of Pau and 10 km east of Arthez-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D276 from 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.[2]
The river Aubin, a tributary of the Luy de Béarn (Adour basin), flows through the commune.
The name Arnos appears in the form Arnas on the Cassini Map.
In the 16th century, Arnos was an annex of Boumourt.[4]
List of Successive Mayors[5]
| From | To | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | 1852 | Henri Pétrou | |
| 1995 | 2001 | André Bourdieu | |
| 2001 | 2026 | Alain Pédegert |
Arnos is part of four inter-communal structures:
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arnosiens or Arnosiennes in French.[6]
The racing Circuit Pau-Arnos is in the south of the commune.[7]