Abos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques


Abos is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abosiens or Abosiennes.

Geography

Location

Abos is located 15 km north-west of Pau and 20 km southeast of Lescar, on the left bank of the Gave de Pau which is the north east boundary of the commune. Highway D2 passes through the commune; however, this route bypasses the village and Route D2002 must be taken to enter the village. The southeastern boundary of the commune is formed by Highway D229.

Hydrography

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, with the Gave de Pau in the northeast and a number of streams in the commune feed into the La Baise river and Juscle.

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Toponymy

The name Abos is mentioned in 1116 and 1234 and in the 13th century.
It also appears in the forms:
Aubrun was a farm in Abos which was mentioned in 1538 as La boyrie aperade d'Aubrun, Reformation of Béarn B. 637 in the 1863 dictionary.
Cap de Castel is a hamlet in Abos mentioned by the dictionary in 1863.
Paul Raymond said in 1863 that the Chateau of Abos or Castet-d'Abos, was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.
Donadon was a fief under the Viscounts of Béarn, mentioned in 1538.
The fief of Idernes was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and appeared in the forms:
Maucor was a fief of Abos, cited with the spelling of L'ostau de Maucoo in 1385 in the Census of Béarn. This fief was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn then restored to the Bailiwick of Lagor and Pardies as was Saint Jean, another fief of Abos, also mentioned in 1385 in the form of L'ostau de Sent-Johan d'Abos.
Saint-Laurent, a hamlet and fief of Abos under the Viscounts of Béarn, was also restored to the Bailiwick of Lagor and Pardies. It was mentioned in the forms Sent-Laurentz d'Abos and Saint-Laurens d'Abos.

History

noted that the commune had a Lay Abbey a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and in 1385, Abos depended on the bailiwick of Lagos and Pardies with 49 fires.
The Lord of Abos was of the first rank after the Barons of Béarn.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Abos
FromToNamePartyPosition
19952014Jean-Marie Cazalère
2014CurrentJean-Pierre CazalèreDVD

Inter-communality

The town is a member of nine inter-communal organisations:
Argentat has twinning associations with:

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/

Economy

The commune is part of the Jurançon AOC and Béarn AOC vineyard regions. Activity in the commune is mainly agricultural.
The commune is also part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone designation of Ossau-iraty.
The 2006 classification of INSEE, indicated the median household incomes for each municipality with more than 50 households ranked Abos at 7513, for an income of €18,000 per person.

Culture and Heritage

Religious Heritage

The Church of Saint John the Baptist dates to the 19th century.

Facilities

The town has a primary school.

Notable people linked to the commune