Araujuzon
Commune
Town Hall and War Memorial
Town Hall and War Memorial
Coat of arms of Araujuzon
Coat of arms
Location of Araujuzon
Araujuzon is located in France
Araujuzon
Araujuzon
Araujuzon is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Araujuzon
Araujuzon
Coordinates: 43°21′39″N 0°49′03″W / 43.3608°N 0.8175°W / 43.3608; -0.8175
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonLe Cœur de Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Claude Larco[1]
Area
1
6.92 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
182
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64032 /64190
Elevation79–212 m (259–696 ft)
(avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Araujuzon (French pronunciation: [aʁoʒyzɔ̃]; Occitan: Lajuson) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Geography

Location

The town is located some 40 km north-west of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, 15 km east by south-east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn, and 8 km north-west of Navarrenx.

Access

Araujuzon is accessed by the D936 road from Oloron-Sainte-Marie which passes through the north of the commune and continues west to Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren. There is also the D160 road from the southern border where it joins the D115 passing through the length of the commune to the D936 west of the village. The D265 road also links the north of the commune to Narp. The village is close to the D936 and can be reached by a number of country roads.[3]

The Intercity network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques bus network currently has a stop in the commune on Route 850 from Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Sauveterre-de-Béarn.

Hydrography

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the northern border of the commune is formed by the Gave d'Oloron (a tributary of the Gave de Pau River) with its tributary, the Lausset, passing through the commune and joining the Gave d'Oleron near the village. The Ruisseau de la Mousquere rises in the commune and gathers several tributaries while flowing north-west to join the Gave d'Oleron.

The Cassou dou Boue and the Ruisseau de Lescuncette rise in the south of the commune and flow south-east to join the Ruisseau de Harcellane (a tributary of the Lausset).

Localities and hamlets

  • Les Arreytes
  • Les Balibes
  • Beighau
  • Bernatha
  • Boulocq
  • La Campagne
  • Le Coude du Lausset
  • Gaillégou
  • Lacroix
  • Lahagne
  • Lahore
  • Lamazou
  • Larcebeau[4]
  • Larmanou
  • Lavie
  • Lavoignet
  • Loustalot
  • Moncau
  • Pessot
  • Serrailh
  • Souleret
  • Trescassous

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The name of the commune in Béarnese is Araus-Juzon (according to classical norm of Occitan). The commune name in Gascon is Lajuson.

For Michel Grosclaude,[5] the name comes from lau ("wasteland" or "moor") and juzon ("lower" or "downstream"). Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[6] indicated that Juzon meaning "underneath" gives the place name translating as "underneath Arrau", but more likely "underneath Araux" (Araux is called Araus-Susonin Béarnese).

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
AraujuzonAraus-Jusoo13th centuryRaymond
8
Fors de BéarnVillage
Araus-Juson1487Raymond
8
EStablishments
Araujuson1546Raymond
8
Reformation
Laujuzon1714GrosclaudeAraujuzon Parish Register
Araujuzon1750Cassini
Araujuson1793Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
Araujuzon1801Ldh/EHESS/CassiniBulletin des lois
DomecDomec13th centuryRaymond
55
Fors de BéarnFief, Vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and dependent on the Bailiwick of Navarrenx
LarcebeauLe Larcebau1863Raymond
94
Stream also called Ruisseau d'Escounerbiets

Sources:

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 8 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey which was a vassal of the Viscounty of Béarn. In 1385 Araujuzon had 46 fires and depended on the Bailiwick of Navarrenx. It became a dependency of the Barony of Jasses from 1644 which included Araujuzon, Araux, Jasses, Montfort, and Viellenave. In 1790 the commune was part of the Canton of Sauveterre.[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Araujuzon
Arms of Araujuzon
 Blazon:

Party per fesse wavy: 1st party per pale, at 1 Or, two cows Gules horned, collared, and hooved Azure one above the other, at 2 Vert an ear of corn of Or; 2nd Azure, Saint Martin haloed mounted on a horse and cutting his cloak with his sword, all Argent.



Administration

Araujuzon Church

List of Successive Mayors[12]

FromToName
19952008Pierre Higue
20082026Jean-Claude Larco

Inter-communality

The commune is part of nine inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves
  • the mixed association Bil Ta Garbi
  • the mixed association of Béarn des Gaves
  • the inter-communal association of Gaves and of Saleys
  • the association of Gaves Country and of Lausset
  • the association of schools of Gaveausset
  • the association for promotion of Navarrenx
  • the AEP association of Navarrenx
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Araujuzon is also part of the Pays de Lacq Orthez Béarn des Gaves.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Araujuzonais or Araujuzonaises in French.[13][6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 429—    
1800 385−1.53%
1806 510+4.80%
1821 518+0.10%
1831 517−0.02%
1836 540+0.87%
1841 524−0.60%
1846 544+0.75%
1851 566+0.80%
1856 549−0.61%
1861 518−1.16%
1866 527+0.35%
1872 469−1.92%
1876 483+0.74%
1881 489+0.25%
1886 470−0.79%
1891 467−0.13%
1896 456−0.48%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 428−1.26%
1906 417−0.52%
1911 403−0.68%
1921 327−2.07%
1926 301−1.64%
1931 302+0.07%
1936 301−0.07%
1946 298−0.10%
1954 268−1.32%
1962 240−1.37%
1968 217−1.67%
1975 196−1.44%
1982 200+0.29%
1990 186−0.90%
1999 182−0.24%
2007 179−0.21%
2012 207+2.95%
2017 194−1.29%
Source: EHESS[14] and INSEE[15]
Saint Anne
Saint Rose of Lima

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock, pastures, corn). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Facilities

Araujuzon Church Interior

The commune has an elementary school.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Google Maps
  4. 1 2 3 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  5. 1 2 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
  6. 1 2 Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  7. ↑ Cassini Map 1750 – Araujuzon
  8. ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  9. ↑ Manuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. ↑ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. ↑ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ↑ List of Mayors of France
  13. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  14. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Araujuzon, EHESS (in French).
  15. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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