Saint-Armou
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès | |
| Community association | North Est Béarn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 178-310 m | |
| surface | 12.38 km 2 | |
| Residents | 636 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64160 | |
| INSEE code | 64470 | |
| Website | www.mairie-de-saint-armou.fr | |
 Saint-Armou town hall |
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Saint-Armou is a French municipality with 636 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 Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès (until 2015: canton of Morlaàs ).
The name of the community probably goes back to a saint Romanus. There were several people of this name, a martyr who died in Blaye in the 4th century and a bishop in Rouen in the 7th century.
The residents are called Saint-Armouais and Saint-Armouaises .
geography
Saint-Armou is located about 20 km north of Pau in the historic province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
| Astis | Lasclaveries | |
| Navailles Angos |
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Barinque |
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Saint-Castin Bernadets |
Anos |
Saint-Armou is located in the catchment area of the Adour River .
The Luy de France crosses the territory of the commune along with its tributaries,
- the Lau and its tributaries,
- the eponymous Lau and
- the Ruisseau de Caumaubère, and
- the balaing.
history
Ancient mosaics that were found in the municipality show that there was a settlement as early as Gallo-Roman times . The village was first mentioned in the scriptures in 1371. The 1385 census of the Béarn counted twelve households in Saint-Armou. The landlord was under the Baronate of Navailles . He owned a water mill above the Luy de France, where the farmers had to grind their grain. With the French Revolution and the loss of this privilege, the Saint-Armouais built their own mill.
Toponyms and mentions of Saint-Armou were:
- Sent-Arromaa (1371 and 1385, contracts of the notary Luntz, sheet 14 or census in Béarn),
- Sanct-Armoo , Sainct-Harmon , Sent-Hermo , Sanct-Aramon and Saint-Armon (1538 for the first two forms, 1542, 1546 and 1683, reformation de Béarn , manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
- Saint Amont (1750, map by Cassini ),
- Saint Armon (1793, Notice Communale ),
- Saint-Armon (1801, Bulletin des Lois ) and
- Saint-Armou (1863, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées).
Population development
After the first highs of the population of around 750 in the first half of the 19th century, the number fell in the following period with short recovery phases up to the 1960s to around 320 inhabitants. Since then, there has been a notable growth trend.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 352 | 319 | 350 | 436 | 502 | 512 | 566 | 596 | 636 |
Attractions
- Parish church dedicated to Lawrence of Rome . The nave of the church, built in the 14th century, with a main aisle and two side aisles, is closed off by a five-walled apse . At the other end of the building, the church has a bell tower with two bells from 1730 and 1851. Towards the end of the 18th century, the building was enlarged and restored, as evidenced by the year "1789" on the keystone above the southern entrance. Another renovation took place in the 19th century. The sarcophagus-shaped altar is made of white and gray marble and dates from the first half of the 19th century. It is bevelled and its sides offer space for sideboards . The tabernacle , probably from the late 17th century, illustrated in a relief Jesus as Ecce homo . Statuettes dating from the first half of the 18th century and possibly originally belonging to another altarpiece flank the tabernacle. A bishop is depicted to the left of the shrine , to the right an evidently saint holding a book, Peter on the left wing and Paul on the right wing . There is a tabor on the tabernacle . Other furnishings in the church date from the 17th to 19th centuries and are registered as national cultural assets.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is the municipality's most important economic factor.
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education
The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 58 pupils in the 2017/2018 school year.
sport and freetime
The lake, which Saint-Armou shares with the neighboring municipality of Anos, has a surface of 15 hectares. It has a population of carp , roach , rudd , crucian carp , eel , pikeperch and perch, the fishing of which is regulated.
traffic
Saint-Armou is crossed by Routes départementales 39, 206 and 706.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Histoire de la commune ( fr ) Municipality of Saint-Armou. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ a b Saint-Armou ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 18, 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 November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Saint-Armou ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. Pp. 145, 1863. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Saint-Armou ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Saint-Armou (64470) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Église Saint-Laurent ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 18, 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 November 17, 2017.
- ^ Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Armou (64470) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Bassin versant des luys - Lac d'Anos ( fr , PDF) Association Le Pesquit. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
