Aubous

Aubous
Commune
Aubous Village
Location of Aubous
Aubous Aubous
Coordinates: 43°34′41″N 0°08′01″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh
Intercommunality	CC Luys en Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Poublan
Area 1	3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	44
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64074 /64330
Elevation	124–255 m (407–837 ft) (avg. 205 m or 673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aubous (French pronunciation: [obus]; Occitan: Aubons) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Aubous, le village.

The Community Centre

The countryside to the south

The exit from the village

Aubous is located in the extreme north-east of the department with the northern border of the commune being the border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gers. The commune is about 50 km south-east of Mont-de-Marsan and 50 km north by north-east of Pau. Access to the commune is by the D292 road from Arrosès in the south which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues north to join the D22 just north of the commune. The D317 from Aydie in the south-east passes through the western area of the commune before continuing south-west to join the D205. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.

The Larcis river forms the western border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Léez north-west of Ségos. The Boutigue forms the north-eastern border as it flows east to join the Sager east of the commune.

Places and hamlets

• Brauchet
• Coulom
• Dulucq
• Gentilloun
• Héouguère
• Lacourtiade
• Lahorgue
• Moulin
• Paillou
• Pillourcq or Pilhourcq
• Plaix
• Rey
• Tapounet
• Troucat

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Aubons. Michel Grosclaude proposed an etymology from the Latin man's name Albus with the suffix -ones, the whole meaning "Domain of Albus".

The following table details the origins of the commune name.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Aubous	Aubos	1385	Raymond	16	Census	Village
	Auboos	14th century	Raymond	16	Census
	Aubons	1752	Raymond	16	Enumeration
	Aubous	1750	Grosclaude		Cassini

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)

Origins:

• Census: Census of Béarn
• Enumeration: Enumeration of the Viscounty of Béarn
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

History

Paul Raymond said, on page 16 of the 1863 dictionary, that in 1385 Aubous had 4 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1995	2020	René Paulien
2020	2026	Pierre Poublan

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
• the SIVU of roads in the Garlin area;
• the SIVU of the Lées and its tributaries;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water Luy - Gabas - Lées;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 48 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 189 —     1800 199 +0.74% 1806 238 +3.03% 1821 258 +0.54% 1831 268 +0.38% 1836 248 −1.54% 1841 289 +3.11% 1846 289 +0.00% 1851 243 −3.41% 1856 247 +0.33% 1861 255 +0.64% 1866 225 −2.47% 1872 205 −1.54% 1876 193 −1.50% 1881 198 +0.51% 1886 204 +0.60% 1891 156 −5.22% 1896 131 −3.43%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 114 −2.74% 1906 117 +0.52% 1911 124 +1.17% 1921 113 −0.92% 1926 105 −1.46% 1931 104 −0.19% 1936 98 −1.18% 1946 110 +1.16% 1954 98 −1.43% 1962 77 −2.97% 1968 64 −3.04% 1975 57 −1.64% 1982 65 +1.89% 1990 48 −3.72% 1999 53 +1.11% 2007 51 −0.48% 2012 52 +0.39% 2017 48 −1.59%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

The Town Hall

Economy

The commune is part of the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, and Béarn.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Maison Viau Farmhouse at Lacourtiade (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Rey (1796)
• A Farmhouse at Pillourcq (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Coulom (1810)
• Houses and Farms (18th-19th centuries)
• A Mill at Moulin (1830)
• A Campsite (Prehistoric)
• The Campsite of Caesar at Gentilloun (Prehistoric)

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Saint-Quitterie Devotional Fountain (18th century)
• The Parish Church of Saint-Quitterie (12th century)

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Sanctuary Lamp (18th century)
• The Altar facing (17th century)
• A Cope and a Chasuble (19th century)
• A Bronze Bell (1821)
• 4 Altar Candlesticks (18th century)
• A Celebrant's Chair (18th century)
• A Painting: Saint-Quitterie (18th century)
• 2 Statues: Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1730 & 1780)
• A Retable (1730-1750)
• Altar seating and a Tabernacle (17th century)
• The Main Altar facing (12th century)
• Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, Retable, Celebrant's Chair, 4 Altar Candlesticks (17th century)
• A Processional Banner (20th century)
• A Sanctuary Lamp (18th century)
• A bank of Pews
• 2 banks of Pews (18th century)
• Furniture in the Sacristy (18th century)
• A Suspended Stoup (17th century)
• A Pulpit (18th century)
• Baptismal fonts and a Stoup (17th century)

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Aubous on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Aubous on the 1750 Cassini Map