Araujuzon

Araujuzon
Town Hall and War Memorial
Coat of arms
Araujuzon
Location within Aquitaine region Araujuzon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Navarrenx
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Jean-Claude Larco
Area1	6.92 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	191
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64032 / 64190
Elevation	79–212 m (259–696 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Araujuzon is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Araujuzonais or Araujuzonaises.

Geography

Location

The town is located some 40 km north-west of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, 15 km east by south-east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn, and 8 km north-west of Navarrenx.

Access

Araujuzon is accessed by the D936 road from Oloron-Sainte-Marie which passes through the north of the commune and continues west to Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren. There is also the D160 road from the southern border where it joins the D115 passing through the length of the commune to the D936 west of the village. The D265 road also links the north of the commune to Narp. The village is close to the D936 and can be reached by a number of country roads.

The Intercity network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques bus network currently has a stop in the commune on Route 850 from Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Sauveterre-de-Béarn.

Hydrography

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the northern border of the commune is formed by the Gave d'Oloron (a tributary of the Gave de Pau River) with its tributary, the Lausset, passing through the commune and joining the Gave d'Oleron near the village. The Ruisseau de la Mousquere rises in the commune and gathers several tributaries while flowing north-west to join the Gave d'Oleron.

The Cassou dou Boue and the Ruisseau de Lescuncette rise in the south of the commune and flow south-east to join the Ruisseau de Harcellane (a tributary of the Lausset).

Localities and hamlets

• Les Arreytes
• Les Balibes
• Beighau
• Bernatha
• Boulocq
• La Campagne
• Le Coude du Lausset
• Gaillégou
• Lacroix
• Lahagne
• Lahore
• Lamazou
• Larcebeau
• Larmanou
• Lavie
• Lavoignet
• Loustalot
• Moncau
• Pessot
• Serrailh
• Souleret
• Trescassous

Toponymy

The name of the commune in Béarnese is Araus-Juzon (according to classical norm of Occitan). The commune name in Gascon is Lajuson.

For Michel Grosclaude, the name comes from lau ("wasteland" or "moor") and juzon ("lower" or "downstream"). Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicated that Juzon meaning "underneath" gives the place name translating as "underneath Arrau", but more likely "underneath Araux" (Araux is called Araus-Suson in Béarnese).

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Araujuzon	Araus-Jusoo	13th century	Raymond	8	Fors de Béarn	Village
	Araus-Juson	1487	Raymond	8	EStablishments
	Araujuson	1546	Raymond	8	Reformation
	Laujuzon	1714	Grosclaude		Araujuzon Parish Register
	Araujuzon	1750	Cassini
	Araujuson	1793	Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
	Araujuzon	1801	Ldh/EHESS/Cassini		Bulletin des lois
Domec	Domec	13th century	Raymond	55	Fors de Béarn	Fief, Vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and dependent on the Bailiwick of Navarrenx
Larcebeau	Le Larcebau	1863	Raymond	94		Stream also called Ruisseau d'Escounerbiets

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
• Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini database (French)

Origins:

• Fors de Béarn
• Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
• Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 8 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey which was a vassal of the Viscounty of Béarn. In 1385 Araujuzon had 46 fires and depended on the Bailiwick of Navarrenx. It became a dependency of the Barony of Jasses from 1644 which included Araujuzon, Araux, Jasses, Montfort, and Viellenave. In 1790 the commune was part of the Canton of Sauveterre.

Heraldry

Blazon: Party per fesse wavy: 1st party per pale, at 1 Or, two cows Gules horned, collared, and hooved Azure one above the other, at 2 Vert an ear of corn of Or; 2nd Azure, Saint Martin haloed mounted on a horse and cutting his cloak with his sword, all Argent.

Administration

Araujuzon Church

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2008	Pierre Higue
2008	2020	Jean-Claude Larco

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of nine inter-communal strauctures:

• the Community of communes of the Canton of Navarrenx;
• the mixed association Bil Ta Garbi;
• the mixed association of Béarn des Gaves;
• the inter-communal association of gaves and of Saleys;
• the association of Gaves Country and of Lausset;
• the association of schools of Gaveausset;
• the association for promotion of Navarrenx;
• the AEP association of Navarrenx;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Araujuzon is also part of the Pays de Lacq Orthez Béarn des Gaves.

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 191 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
429	385	510	518	517	540	524	544	566

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
549	518	527	469	483	489	470	467	456

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
428	417	403	327	301	302	301	298	268

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
240	217	196	200	186	182	-	191	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Saint Anne

Saint Rose of Lima

Population of Araujuzon

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock, pastures, corn). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Facilities

Araujuzon Church Interior

The commune has an elementary school.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Araujuzon official website (French)
• Araujuzon on Lion1906
• Araujuzon on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Araujuzon on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)