Anos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques


Anos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anosiens or Anosiennes

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 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.

Historical Localities and hamletshttp://www.geoportail.fr/ Géoportail, IGN">Institut géographique national">IGN, consulted on 25 November 2011

The commune name in Béarnais is Anòs.
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval 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 in the Titles of Ossau and in the Cassini map in 1750).

History

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.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToNamePartyPosition
19952008Jacques Cantonnet
20082014Patrick Yacger
20142020Christelle Desclaux

Inter-communality

Anos is part of five inter-communal structures:
In 2009 the commune had 193 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Anos is part of the Urban area of Pau.

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

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