Abos (French pronunciation:[abɔs]; Occitan: Abòs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaineregion in southwestern France.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1km2 (0.386sqmi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abosiens or Abosiennes.[3]
Geography
Location
Abos is located 15km north-west of Pau and 20km southeast of Lescar, on the left bank of the Gave de Pau which is the north east boundary of the commune. Highway D2 (Route de Pau) passes through the commune; however, this route bypasses the village and Route D2002 must be taken to enter the village. The southeastern boundary of the commune is formed by Highway D229 (Chateau d'Abos).[4]
Hydrography
The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, with the Gave de Pau in the northeast and a number of streams in the commune feed into the La Baise river (and its tributary, the old channel of the mill, itself fed by the Arrious Brook) and Juscle.[4]
Abos (1630[10] Pierre de Marca[11] and in 1750[10] on the Cassini Map.[16]
Michel Grosclaude proposed a Latin etymology of Avus with the aquitaine suffix -ossum.[10]
The commune name in Béarnais is Abòs (according to the conventional standard of Occitan).
Aubrun was a farm in Abos which was mentioned in 1538 as La boyrie aperade d'Aubrun,[17] Reformation of Béarn B. 637[15] in the 1863 dictionary.
Cap de Castel is a hamlet in Abos mentioned by the dictionary in 1863.[5]
Paul Raymond said in 1863 that the Chateau of Abos or Castet-d'Abos, was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.[6]
Donadon was a fief under the Viscounts of Béarn, mentioned in 1538[18] (reformation of Béarn[15]).
The fief of Idernes was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and appeared in the forms:
Ydernas and Ydernes (1538 and 1546 respectively,[7] reformation of Béarn[15]).
Maucor was a fief of Abos, cited with the spelling of L'ostau de Maucoo in 1385[19] in the Census of Béarn.[13] This fief was a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn then restored to the Bailiwick of Lagor and Pardies as was Saint Jean, another fief of Abos, also mentioned in 1385[20] (Census of Béarn[13]) in the form of L'ostau de Sent-Johan d'Abos.
Saint-Laurent, a hamlet and fief of Abos under the Viscounts of Béarn, was also restored to the Bailiwick of Lagor and Pardies. It was mentioned in the forms Sent-Laurentz d'Abos (1343,[8] Notaries of Pardies[14]) and Saint-Laurens d'Abos (1674,[8] Reformation of Béarn [15]).
History
Paul Raymond[12] noted that the commune had a Lay Abbey a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and in 1385, Abos depended on the bailiwick of Lagos and Pardies with 49 fires.
The Lord of Abos was of the first rank after the Barons (called ruffebaron) of Béarn.
Heraldry
The arms of the commune of Abos are blazoned: Quarterly party per saltire, the first Vert, chimney of Or smoking argent flanked at dexter by a factory of Or; at second Gules, an ear of corn of Or leaved in Vert; at third Gules, a bunch of grapes of Or leaved in Vert; at fourth Vert, a church argent surmounting two cows of Or confronting. horned, collared and belled.
Administration
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The commune is part of the Jurançon AOC and Béarn AOC vineyard regions. Activity in the commune is mainly agricultural (livestock and corn).
The commune is also part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-Iraty cheese.
Culture and Heritage
Religious Heritage
The Church of Saint John the Baptist[26] dates to the 19th century.
Facilities
The town has a primary school.
Notable people linked to the commune
Didier Courrèges is a French horseman, a former high level event rider (CCE) and a member of the Cadre Noir - elite instructors at the National Riding School of Saumur. He now lives in Abos.
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