Arget
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An old farmhouse in Arget | |
Coordinates: 43°32′38″N 0°31′38″W / 43.5439°N 0.5272°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Pau |
Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
Intercommunality | Luys en Béarn |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Soustra[1] |
Area 1 | 4.00 km2 (1.54 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | 80 |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64044 /64410 |
Elevation | 75–182 m (246–597 ft) (avg. 131 m or 430 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Arget (French pronunciation: [aʁʒɛt]; Occitan: Argent) is a commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the traditional province of Béarn.
Geography
[edit]Arget is located some 18 km north-east of Orthez and 12 km south-east of Hagetmau on the border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Landes departments. It can be accessed by the D264 road from Montagut in the east passing through the commune and the village (of 2 buildings) and continuing south-west to Casteide-Candau. The commune has quite large areas of forest in the west but is mostly farmland.[3]
Several streams rise in the commune with the Hourquet forming the north-western border as it flows north-east to join the Ruisseau de la Rance at the northern tip of the commune. The Rance forms the north-eastern border as it flows north-west. The south-eastern border also consists of an unnamed stream which joins the Rance just outside the eastern tip of the commune.[3]
Places and hamlets
[edit]Neighbouring communes and villages
[edit]Toponymy
[edit]The commune name in béarnais is Arget.
Michel Grosclaude was unable to justify the local belief that the name means "sandy place" from arena (meaning "sand") with the collective suffix -etum (giving arenetum then arenet then areet then ariet), and could not conclude other than "of uncertain origin and meaning".[11]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
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Arget | Argiet | 1383 | Raymond | 10 |
Luntz | Village |
Arzet | 1695 | Raymond | 10 |
Order of Malta | ||
Arget | 1750 | Cassini |
Sources:
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[12]
- Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)[11]
Origins:
- Luntz:[13]
- Order of Malta: Titles of the Order of Malta[14]
History
[edit]Paul Raymond said on page 10 of his 1863 Topographical Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees that Arget depended on the Commandery of Malta of Caubin and Morlaàs and on the Barony of Moustrou, built in 1647, and was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.[12]
Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[15]
From | To | Name |
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1995 | 2001 | Chantal Gallenmuller |
2001 | 2026 | Thierry Soustra |
Demography
[edit]The inhabitants of the commune are known as Argétois or Argétoises in French.[16]
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Culture and heritage
[edit]Civil heritage
[edit]Arget has many farms that are registered as historical monuments:
- A Farmhouse at Hourcq (1832)
[7]
- The Menusé farm at Pourtique (1897)
[8]
- The Lajournade farm at Pourtique (18th century)
[19]
- The Pemeste farm at Hourcq (1797)
[20]
- Houses and Farms
[21]
- A Farmhouse at Boué (1905)
[4]
- A Farmhouse at Hibet (1871)
[6]
- A Farmhouse at Carrèrot (1898)
[5]
- A Farmhouse at Touroun (18th century)
[9]
Religious heritage
[edit]The Parish Church of Notre Dame (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.[22] It contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
- The Furniture in the Church
[23][24]
- A Bronze Processional Cross (18th century)
[25]
- A Wooden Processional Cross (19th century)
[26]
Notable people
[edit]- Annie Beustes, a New Caledonian politician born in Arget.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000066 Farmhouse at Boué (in French)
- ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000063 Farmhouse at Carrèrot (in French)
- ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000064 Farmhouse at Hibet (in French)
- ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000061 Farmhouse at Hourcq (in French)
- ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000059 Menusé farm at Pourtique (in French)
- ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000060 Farmhouse at Touroun (in French)
- ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
- ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
- ^ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- ^ Contracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Titles of the Order of Malta in the Departmental Archives of Haute-Garonne (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arget, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000065 Lajournade farm at Pourtique (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000062 Pemeste farm at Hourcq (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000135 Houses and Farms (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000001 Parish Church of Notre Dame (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002827 Furniture in the Church (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002780 Supplementary list of Furniture in the Church (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002651 Bronze Processional Cross (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64002650 Wooden Processional Cross (in French)
External links
[edit]- Arget on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Arget on the 1750 Cassini Map