Castillon (Canton Artix et Pays de Soubestre)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Artix and Pays de Soubestre | |
| Community association | Lacq-Orthez | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 122-231 m | |
| surface | 6.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 315 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64370 | |
| INSEE code | 64181 | |
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Castillon (or even unofficially Castillon-d'Arthez ) is a French municipality with 315 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Artix et Pays de Soubestre (until 2015: canton of Arthez-de-Béarn ).
geography
Castillon is located about 35 km northwest of Pau in the Soubestre region on the northern edge of the department in the historic province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
| Pomps | ||
| Arthez-de-Bearn |
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Doazon |
| Urdès |
Castillon lies in the catchment area of the River Adour . A tributary of the Luy de Béarn , the Aubin , flows through the municipality together with its tributary, the Lech.
history
The ridge on which the commune is located has strategic advantages because it allows a wide view of the Arthez plain, the Aubin valley and, on the other side, the Luy valley. Objects from different eras came to light during excavations on a circular area in the area of the municipality. Small pieces of amphorae , bowls and a fragment of a salt pot that could have come from Salies-de-Béarn are believed to have come from a simple warehouse called Tuc de Castetbielh and date from the 2nd century. The floor of the camp is interspersed with pebbles.
Toponyms and mentions of Castillon followed
- Saint-Pierre de Castello (11th century, according to Pierre de Marca's book Histoire de Béarn ) and
- Castelhoo (1352, notaries of Pardies ).
In the 1385 census , 25 households were counted and it was noted that the village belongs to the Bailliage of Pau.
Population development
After provisional highs of over 400 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century, the number fell by around 60% during short phases of stabilization by the 1950s. After a brief increase and subsequent decrease in the 1960s and 1970s, the number of residents has now stabilized and has been rising again since then.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 190 | 181 | 171 | 173 | 225 | 244 | 263 | 281 | 315 |
Attractions
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- Castillon Church. The time of construction of the building is unknown. A legend has grown up around the church. Six knights who died in the Hundred Years War , which was destructive to the region , are said to have been buried under the altar with their armor .
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is still the most important economic factor today.
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education
The municipality has a public primary school with 21 children in the 2016/2017 school year.
sport and freetime
The long-distance hiking trail " GR 65" from Geneva to Roncesvalles leads through the municipality. From Le Puy-en-Velay it follows the Via Podiensis , one of the four historic St. James' Ways in France.
traffic
The municipality can be reached via routes départementales 269 and 276.
Web links
- Castillon on the website of the former association of municipalities (French)
- Cœur de Béarn Tourist Office website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ma commune: Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Turon de Castetbielh ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 46, 1863. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Notice Communale Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Castillon (64181) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) (64181) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Église de Castillon ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) (64181) ( fr ) INSEE . Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ). P. 154
- ↑ GR® 65, le chemin de Compostelle via le Puy ( fr ) Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre . Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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