Abidos

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Abidos
Abidos coat of arms
Abidos (France)
Abidos
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Le Coeur de Bearn
Community association Lacq-Orthez
Coordinates 43 ° 24 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  W
height 86-170 m
surface 3.06 km 2
Residents 226 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 74 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64150
INSEE code 64003
Website http://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/mairie-abidos.html

town hall

Abidos is a French municipality with 226 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Le Cœur de Béarn (until 2015: canton of Lagor ). The inhabitants are called Abidosiens .

geography

The community is located approximately 27 kilometers northwest of Pau . Abidos is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lacq in the north, Mont in the east, Lagor in the south and Os-Marsillon in the west. Abidos lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River and lies at the confluence of the Bayse and the Gave de Pau .

history

The name of the community is of Gallo-Roman origin and means estate of Avitus .

Documents testify to the honor of Raymond Arnaud of Abidos on February 4, 1351 to Gaston Fébus . The lords of Abidos enjoyed the titles and privileges of the nobility, both feudal lords and abbots of the local lay monastery . A flood of the Gave du Pau led to the castle being demolished in the 19th century. The mill over the Bayse and its canal, however, could be preserved.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 226 184 187 188 200 233 226
From 1962 official figures without residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2008

Attractions

church
  • The church, dedicated to Saturninus of Toulouse , was previously attached to a lay monastery. Despite several restoration works at the end of the 20th century, the building has retained its old structure. One of the innovations of the last work is the construction of a narrow, single-storey vestibule at the main entrance. The church is u. a. equipped with a statue of Mary and a statue in honor of Saturninus.
  • The Abidos School was built in 1886 according to plans by the architect Henri d'Arnaudat, who was famous in the region for his reconstructions of sacred buildings.

Economy and Infrastructure

Abidos is located in the AOC area of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made cheese made from sheep's milk

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2014
total = 46

traffic

Abidos is connected to Routes départementales 31 and 33.

Web links

Commons : Abidos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village d'Abidos ( fr ) annuaire-mairie.fr. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Abidos ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Notice Communale Abidos ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2013 Commune d'Abidos (64003) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher-un-produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Abidos (64003) ( fr ) INSEE . Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2016.