Arrodets

Arrodets
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association	Communes du Plateau de Lannemezan
Coordinates	43 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 17 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 17 ′ E
height	421-702 m
surface	0.90 km 2
Residents	20 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65130
INSEE code	65034
	; Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Arrodets

Arrodets is a French commune with 20 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses (until 2015: canton of La Barthe-de-Neste ).

The inhabitants are called Arrodetois and Arrodetoises .

geography

Arrodets is located about twelve kilometers southeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the historic vice-county of Nébouzan .

Arrodets is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

	Bulan
Asque		Laborde
	Esparros

Arrodets is located in the catchment area of the Adour River . The Arros , one of its tributaries, marks the border to the northern neighboring municipality of Bulan. Two tributaries, the Ruisseaus d'Aube of the same name, cross the area of the municipality and flow into the Arros.

Bridge over the Arros near Arrodets

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Eths Arrodèths. Many theories try to explain the origin of the name. The most likely is the derivation from the Gascognischen arròda (which emerged from the Latin rota ) with the diminishing suffix -ellum ( German small mill wheel ). This would also fit the geographic location on two rivers.

The community's nicknames are Eths pachuquèrs ( German the boxwood traders ) and Eths culherèrs ( German the spoon makers (made of beech wood) ).

Toponyms and mentions of Arrodets were:

Aux Arrodetz, église des Arrodetz (1696, church records ),
Arrodets (1750, map by Cassini ),
Paroisse des Arroudets (1775, church records),
Arrodex , (1793, Notice Communale ),
Arrodes (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After the records began, the number of inhabitants rose by the middle and a second time by the second half of the 19th century to a high of around 235. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 20 inhabitants during short recovery phases by the turn of the millennium , which differs only slightly to this day.