Angous

Angous is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Geography

Angous is located some 5 km south-west of Navarrenx and 12 km north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. It can be accessed by the D2 road which runs from Navarrenx and forms the south-eastern border of the commune before continuing to Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu. Access to the village is by the D69 road which runs off the D2 to the village. The commune consists of mainly farmland with patches of forest.
Located on the watershed of the Adour, the Serrot, a tributary of the Lausset, with many tributaries flows through the commune from south-west to north-east passing near the village. The Ruisseau de Lassere with many tributaries also flows from the south-west towards the northeast to the east of the village and forms part of the eastern border.

Places and Hamlets

Beigbédé
Bestit
Bois de Carrié
Bonnehoun
Bordenave
Cabane
Caillau
Carrié
Chincas
Claverie
Denis
Jaquet
Labadie
Labatut
Labourdette
Lagrave
Lahaderne
Larrieu
Lartigue
Lauga
Ligaray
Maréchal
Miranda
Mirassou
Montjoye
Mouliet
Nabarre
Olive
Parfouby
Poumirau
Pucheu
Serbielle
Serrot
Trouilh

Toponymy

The commune name in Gascon is Angós which means "marshy terrain" according to Michel Grosclaude and Brigitte Jobbé-Duval
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Angous	Angos	1385	Raymond	6	Census	Village
	Anguos	1548	Raymond	6	Reformation
	Saint-André d'Angous	1673	Raymond	6	Insinuations
	Angous	1750	Cassini
	Angoust	1793	Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
	Angons	1801	Ldh/EHESS/Cassini		Bulletin des Lois

Caillau	Caillau	1863	Raymond	39		Fief

Dalen	Dalen	1863	Raymond	54		Farm

Les Navailles	Navaillez	1366	Raymond	121	Chapter of Navailles	Hamlet, former commune founded in 1366
	Los Nabalhes	1385	Raymond	121	Census
	Los Navalhees d'Angos	1412	Raymond	121	Notaries
	Los quoate Nabalhes	1538	Raymond	121	Reformation
	Les Navaillès	1593	Raymond	121	Angous

Les Randuches	Les Randuches	1366	Raymond	141	Chapter of Navailles	Hamlet

Serbielle	Serviele	1385	Raymond	160	Census	Farm
	Servielle	1863	Raymond	160

Serrot	Serrot	1863	Raymond	160	Census	Hamlet

Sources:

Raymond:, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006
Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:

Origins:

Census: Census of Béarn
Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron
Notaries: Notaries of Navarrenx
Angous: Titles of Angous.

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 6 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn. In 1385 there were 12 fires in Angous and it depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx.
The barony of Gabaston, a vassal of the Viscount of Béarn, was made up of Angous, Navailles, and Susmiou.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1995	2001	David Layous
2001	2008	Roger Eyheremendy
2008	2026	Francis Lansalot-Matras

Inter-communality

The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
the inter-communal association for Gaves and of Saleys;
the mixed forestry association for the oak groves in the Basque and béarnais valleys;
the collection association of Navarrenx;
the AEP association of Navarrenx;
the energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angousiens or Angousiennes in French.

Economy

The activity is directed mainly towards agriculture. The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-André is registered as an historical monument.
;Church Gallery
The sect Tabitha's place has a property of eleven hectares in the commune.