Artalens Souin

Artalens Souin
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ W
height	634-1,350 m
surface	3.90 km 2
Residents	133 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65400
INSEE code	65036
	; View of the center of Artalens-Souin

Artalens-Souin is a French commune with 133 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 Argelès-Gazost and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves (until 2015: canton of Argelès-Gazost ).

The inhabitants are called Artouinois and Artouinoises .

geography

Artalens-Souin is located about five kilometers southeast of Argelès-Gazost in the historic Bigorre province .

Artalens-Souin is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

Préchac	Ayros-Arbouix	Four-Bordes

	Beaucens

Artalens-Souin lies in the catchment area of the Adour River .

Tributaries of the Gave de Pau cross the territory of the municipality:

the Ruisseau des Bariquères and
the Ruisseau d'Estibos with its tributary,
- the Ruisseau de Couyéou de Mates.

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Artalens-Souin

Mill in Artalens-Souin

Washing area

history

The former parishes of Artalens and Souin were merged in 1848 to form Artalens-Souin.

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Artalens-Soin. The origin of the name Artalens is unclear. The place name Souin could have its beginning in the late Latin suinus , which indicates a connection to pigs, in the sense of “place where pigs are kept” or “place where wild boars live”.

Toponyms and mentions of Artalens were:

in Artalense and de Artelensi (around 870, copial book of the Viscounts of Lavedan , called Livre vert de Bénac ),

Artalens (12th or 13th century and 1349, Livre vert de Bénac ),

D'Artalencs (1342, parish register of Tarbes ),

d'Artalenxis (1379, Prokuration Tarbes),

Artalenx , Artalencx and Artelenx (1429, County Bigorre census),

Artalens (1459, ADHP, H 308),

Artalens (1750 and 1760, map from Cassini or church registers).

Toponyms and mentions of Souin were:

Suin (1168, bull of Pope Alexander III ),
Soi (12th or 13th century, Livre vert de Bénac ),
De Sohi (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list ),
Sohii (1349, Livre vert de Bénac ),
de Soyno (1379, Prokuration Tarbes),
Sohy , Soyi and Soii (1429, County Bigorre Census),
Souy (1768, Duco),
Souin (1750, 1789 and 1793, map by Cassini, Cahiers de Doléances des Bigorre or Notice Communale ),
Sonin (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 325 by the second half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 110 inhabitants during short recovery phases by the turn of the millennium, before a growth phase began recently that continues today.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	138	135	122	115	120	110	108	116	133

Until 1846 only residents of Artalens, from 1851 of Artalens-Souin
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish church of Saint-Pierre in Artalens

The Romanesque church has a 70 cm Christ monogram on a modified lintel . It is surrounded by a wreath of foliage and has an upside-down "S". After the earthquake in 1854, the church building was redesigned. Inside there is a tabernacle from the 18th century with two statuettes of the apostles Peter and Paul . The earlier statuette on top of the tabernacle under a dome has been replaced by a wooden cross. An unusual and rare statue by Bernadette Soubirous is probably made of terracotta . The work is emblazoned on a pedestal and shows the saint without her right wooden shoe and with the stocking in her hand. It is reminiscent of the crossing of the Gave de Pau before her apparition of Mary . The statue is signed "Ozone" and dated from 1995.