Ayros-Arbouix
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Ayros-Arbouix Airòs e Arboish |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves | |
| Community association | Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 418-880 m | |
| surface | 2.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 314 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 115 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65400 | |
| INSEE code | 65055 | |
Ayros-Arbouix ( Gascon Airos e Arboish ) is a French municipality with 314 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .
location
Ayros-Arbouix is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 28 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Tarbes . The place is east of the river Gave de Pau in the vicinity of the Pyrenees National Park .
The community consists of the villages Arbouix and Ayros, several hamlets and some individual farms.
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 , Ayros-Arbouix 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 II of the House of Bourbon, ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV) in 1589, the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. In addition, it was from 1793 to 1801 part of the canton of Préchac and from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Argelès-Gazost (1793-1896 under the name of Canton Argelès ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Ayros-Arbouix was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost from 1801. First mention of Arbouix as Arbox and Ayros as Airos in the 12th century in the green book of Bénac. The municipality is part of the historical Lavedan landscape (also known as the Pays des Sept Vallées ). In 1846 the two previous communities Arbouix and Ayros merged to form today's community.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1856 | 1936 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 272 | 293 | 307 | 325 | 310 | 332 | 344 | 422 | 192 | 220 | 228 | 235 | 256 | 230 | 231 | 304 | 278 |
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The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows in the 20th century.
Attractions
- Village church of Saint-Germé in Ayros
- Saint-Martin village church in Arbouix
- Chapel in the hamlet of Bouix
- two wayside crosses
The locality of Arbouix
The Gave de Pau near Ayros-Arbouix
View from Arbouix towards the mountains
