Arrosès (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Geography Arrosès is located some 50 km south-east of Hagetmau and some 5 km west of Madiran with the eastern border of the commune being the border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments. Access to the commune is by the D219 road from Aurions-Idernes in the west passing through the commune north of the village then continuing east to Madiran as the D66. The D292 comes from Aubous in the north passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to join the D139 south of Crouseilles. The commune is mostly farmland with patches of forest scattered throughout.Google Maps
The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour with several streams rising in the commune and flowing east to join the Saget which flows north to join the Adour near Saint-Mont and forming most of the eastern border of the commune. The Larcis forms most of the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Lees.
Places and Hamlets
Auvian Baradat Barbau Baylou Bigarat Bouézou Bousigué Bouziquet Cantounet Couet Crecq Ducos Duliès Flandres Grange Haget Hourat Jouet Lasgrabes Laudique Lavielle Mombet Mondain La Mothe Paris Peyret Raguet Regard Ribès Sassié Tapounet Tillet
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy The commune name in béarnais is Arrosés.
Michel Grosclaude proposed as its etymology the anthroponym Arrosés which was very common in the Pyrenees and the Iberian Peninsula and well attested in the Middle Ages.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Arrosès Aroses 1385 Raymond Census Village Arozee 14th century Raymond Census Arosser 14th century Raymond Census Arozer 14th century Raymond Census Arroser 1402 Raymond Census Rosees 1472 Raymond Affièvement Arrosers 1487 Raymond Establishments Rosses 1538 Raymond Reformation Arrosees 1538 Raymond Reformation Arrozes 1546 Raymond Reformation Rosez 1675 Raymond Reformation Arrouzès 1686 Raymond Reformation Rosés 1750 Cassini Arroses 1793 Ldh/EHESS/Cassini Arblé Arblé 1863 Raymond Moor Baradat Baradat 1863 Raymond Farm La Barthe La Barthe 1863 Raymond Moor Chaudelet Chaudelet 1863 Raymond Farm Crestia Crestiàa 1863 Raymond Place Espiau Espiau 1863 Raymond Place Les Garbères Les Garbères 1863 Raymond Farm Le Gog Le Gog 1863 Raymond Farm Les Grabes Les Grabes 1863 Raymond Farm Lamothe Lamothe 1863 Raymond Mill Larbareng Larbareng 1863 Raymond Place Lorthe Lorthe 1863 Raymond Place Mané Mané 1863 Raymond Farm La Mothe La Mota d'Arroses 1538 Raymond Reformation Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn La Motte 1863 Raymond Peirolis Peirolis 1863 Raymond Farm La Salle Lasalle 1776 Raymond Terrier Farm Sinsoos Sinsoos 1863 Raymond Farm
Sources:
Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750Cassini Map 1750 – Arrosès Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:
Origins: Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Affièvement: Titles of affièvement of Arrosès Establishments: Register of Establishments of BéarnManuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Terrier: Terrier of Arrosès.Manuscript from the 18th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History Paul Raymond noted on page 13 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385, Arrosès had 31 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye. There was a Tithe in Arrosès parish called Sainte-Rose.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2001 Francis Cazenave 2001 2008 Gérard Saint-Martin 2008 2014 Christian Labat 2014 2026 Michel Cantounet
Inter-communality The commune is part of five inter-communal structures: the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn; the highways SIVU of the Canton of Lembeye the AEP association of Crouseilles; the SIVU for educational regrouping in Aurions-idernes, Arrosès, Séméacq-Blachon, and Moncaup; the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
Demography
Economy The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, and Béarn AOC.
Culture and Heritage
Civil heritage A number of structures have been identified as historical monuments. These are: A Fortified complex (Motte-and-bailey castle, courtyard, house) indicates the presence of a lordship in the 11th century. Of 50 Houses and Farms surveyed by the Ministry of Culture, 25 were built prior to 1871. The Chateau of Sauvernéa at a place called Mombet is a notable house built in the 18th century. Other objects at Mombet are: A Tombstone dated 1762. A sideboard (18th century) A weathervane (18th century) A Farm at a place called Flandres from 1746.
A Hilarri located at a house in the Bouézou area dates to the 17th century. It came from the old church which is now destroyed.
Religious heritage
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption partially dates to the 12th century. It contains many items which have been registered. These are:
Front of the Altar (19th century) Processional Cross (17th or 18th century) Stations of the Cross (19th century) Altar candlestick (19th century) Processional Banner (19th century) Lectern (18th century) Pulpit (18th century) Tenebrae candlestick (18th century (?)) Stoup (2) (12th or 13th century) Stoup (1) (15th or 16th century) Baptismal font (12th and 17th centuries) Confessional (18th century) Statue: Saint Rose (18th century) Retable of Saint Rose (18th century) Altar, 2 altar steps, tabernacle, Retable, Painting (18th-19th centuries) Altar Cross (19th century) Painting: Assumption (18th century) 4 Statues (18th century) Retable (18th century) 6 Statues (18th century (?)) Tabernacle, exhibit (18th century (?)) Altar (18th century) Ensemble of the Virgin (18th-19th centuries) Panelling on the surfaces (18th century)
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
References
External links Rosés on the 1750 Cassini Map