Arcizans-Avant

Arcizans-Avant ; Arcisans Abans
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ E
height	480-2,332 m
surface	15.04 km 2
Residents	394 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65400
INSEE code	65021
Website	http://www.arcizans-avant.fr/

Arcizans-Avant ( Occitan Arcisans Abans ) is a French commune with 394 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves . The residents call themselves Arcizannais (es) .

location

Arcizans-Avant is located in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 31 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Tarbes . The highest point in the municipality is the Pic du Cabaliros in the south of the municipality. The northern part of the municipality is heavily forested, the southern half is mountainous.

The community consists of the village of Arcizans-Avant and numerous individual farmsteads.

Neighboring municipalities are Argelès-Gazost in the north, Lau-Balagnas in the northeast, Saint-Savin in the east, Cauterets in the southeast and south and Arras-en-Lavedan in the west.

history

In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. During the Hundred Years War , Arras-en-Lavedan was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the county of Bigorre to the county of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry III. of Navarre from the House of Bourbon, in 1589 ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV.), the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Saint Savin from 1793 to 1801 and of the canton of Argelès-Gazost from 1801 to 2015 . With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Arcizans-Avant was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost from 1801. First mention of Arcizans-Avant as Arcisaas around 1035 in the copy book of Saint-Savin. The municipality is part of the historical Lavedan landscape (also known as the Pays des Sept Vallées ).

Population development

year	1793	1800	1806	1831	1881	1926	1931	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	462	414	494	413	413	269	442	225	206	185	192	200	258	298	352	375
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The number of residents has declined since 1793 due to emigration, the fallen in World War I and the flu wave of 1918/1919. The lowest population figures come from the post-war period.