Artigueloutan
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Terminus of Buis route 12 at the Community Hall
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 43°16′33″N 0°14′42″W / 43.2758°N 0.245°WCoordinates: 43°16′33″N 0°14′42″W / 43.2758°N 0.245°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Pau-Est |
| Intercommunality | Pau-Pyrénées |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Michèle Laban-Winograd |
| Area1 | 8.12 km2 (3.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 914 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64059 /64420 |
| Elevation | 229–370 m (751–1,214 ft) (avg. 251 m or 823 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Artigueloutan is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artigueloutanais or Artigueloutanaises.
Artigueloutan is located some 11 km east by south-east of Pau and 9 km south of Morlaàs. Access to the commune is by the D817 from Pau in the west passing through the north of the commune and continuing to Soumoulou in the east. Access to the village is by the D215 road from Assat in the south-west passing through the village and continuing north to Andoins. The D213 comes from Ousse in the west passing through the village and continuing east to Nousty. The commune is entirely farmland.
The Idelis bus line has two stops in the commune: one on route P10 from Pau Auchan to Artigueloutan - Community Hall and the second is Demand responsive transport Flexis Zone Est.
The Ruisseau de l'Ousse passes through the centre of the commune from east to west and continues to join the Gave de Pau at Pau.
The name Artigueloutan appears in the forms:
Its name in béarnais is Artigalotan (according to the classical norm of Occitan). According to Michel Grosclaude the name comes from the Gascon artigalota, meaning "small cleared land", with the suffix -anam.
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