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Araujuzon
Araujuzon
Commune
	Town Hall and War Memorial
	Coat of arms
	Location of Araujuzon
	Araujuzon Araujuzon
	Coordinates: 43°21′39″N 0°49′03″W / 43.3608°N 0.8175°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Le Cœur de Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Larco
Area 1	6.92 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population (2021)	182
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Araujuzon (French pronunciation: [aʁoʒyzɔ̃]; Occitan: Lajuson) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

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.^[3]

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^[4]
Larmanou
Lavie
Lavoignet
Loustalot
Moncau
Pessot
Serrailh
Souleret
Trescassous

Neighbouring communes and villages

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,^[5] the name comes from lau ("wasteland" or "moor") and juzon ("lower" or "downstream"). Brigitte Jobbé-Duval^[6] indicated that Juzon meaning "underneath" gives the place name translating as "underneath Arrau", but more likely "underneath Araux" (Araux is called Araus-Susonin 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. (in French)^[4]
Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)^[5]
Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750^[7]
Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Araujuzon, EHESS (in French).

Origins:

Fors de Béarn^[8]
Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn^[9]
Reformation: Reformation of Béarn^[10]
Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron^[11]

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.^[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Araujuzon	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

List of Successive Mayors^[12]

From	To	Name
1995	2008	Pierre Higue
2008	2026	Jean-Claude Larco

Inter-communality

The commune is part of nine inter-communal structures:

the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves
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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Araujuzonais or Araujuzonaises in French.^[13]^[6]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	429	—
1800	385	−1.53%
1806	510	+4.80%
1821	518	+0.10%
1831	517	−0.02%
1836	540	+0.87%
1841	524	−0.60%
1846	544	+0.75%
1851	566	+0.80%
1856	549	−0.61%
1861	518	−1.16%
1866	527	+0.35%
1872	469	−1.92%
1876	483	+0.74%
1881	489	+0.25%
1886	470	−0.79%
1891	467	−0.13%
1896	456	−0.48%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	428	−1.26%
1906	417	−0.52%
1911	403	−0.68%
1921	327	−2.07%
1926	301	−1.64%
1931	302	+0.07%
1936	301	−0.07%
1946	298	−0.10%
1954	268	−1.32%
1962	240	−1.37%
1968	217	−1.67%
1975	196	−1.44%
1982	200	+0.29%
1990	186	−0.90%
1999	182	−0.24%
2007	179	−0.21%
2012	207	+2.95%
2017	194	−1.29%

Source: EHESS^[14] and INSEE^[15]

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

The commune has an elementary school.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Google Maps
^ ^a ^b ^c Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
^ ^a ^b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
^ ^a ^b Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
^ Cassini Map 1750 – Araujuzon
^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ Manuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ List of Mayors of France
^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Araujuzon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE