Baliros (French pronunciation: [baliʁɔs]; Occitan: Valiròs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Baliros
The Luz at Baliros
The Luz at Baliros
Coat of arms of Baliros
Location of Baliros
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Baliros is located in France
Baliros
Baliros
Baliros is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Baliros
Baliros
Coordinates: 43°13′43″N 0°18′18″W / 43.2286°N 0.305°W / 43.2286; -0.305
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonOuzom, Gave et Rives du Neez
IntercommunalityPays de Nay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sylvie Daugas[1]
Area
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3.64 km2 (1.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
504
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64091 /64510
Elevation200–382 m (656–1,253 ft)
(avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Baliros is located some 12 km south-east of Pau just west of Bordes. Access to the commune is by the D37 road from Narcastet in the north which passes through the centre of the commune and the village before continuing south to Pardies-Piétat. The village is served by bus routes 809, 810, and 811 of the Interurban Network of Pyrenees-Atlantiques which connect Pau with Arthez-d'Asson. The commune is forested west of the village with the eastern side farmland.[3]

The Gave de Pau flows north along the eastern border of the commune although it is not the communal border. The Luz river flows from the south-west of the commune north through the village to join the Gave de Pau at the northern border of the commune. The Gest joins the Luz in the south of the commune. The Escourre flows north from the south-eastern corner of the commune to join the Luz north of the village.

Places and hamlets

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  • L'Arroundade de la Plaine
  • Cazaous
  • Claverie
  • Colomby (château)
  • L'Engoust
  • Hillou (part)
  • Hourcade
  • Monregard

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

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Michel Grosclaude proposed the Latin etymology of the surname Valerus with the Aquitaine suffix -ossum giving "Domain of Valerus".

The following table details the origins of the commune name.

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Baliros Baliros 1385 Grosclaude Census Village
Balliros 1515 Raymond
20
Assat
Baliroos 1538 Raymond
20
Reformation
Baliros 1750 Cassini

Sources:

Origins:

  • Census: Census of Béarn[7]
  • Assat: Titles of Assat[8]
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[9]

History

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Paul Raymond noted on page 20 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Baliros had 11 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

Heraldry

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Arms of Baliros
The official status of the blazon remains to be determined.

Blazon:
Quarterly: at 1 Azure, a paschal lamb rear regardant bearing a standard charged with a cross couped all of Argent; at 2 Argent, three sticks of Sable in pale; at 3 Or, three escallops of Gules set 2 and 1; at 4 Argent, three bends Azure.



Administration

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Baliros Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[10]

From To Name
1995 2008 Jean-Claude Duprat
2008 2014 Jacques Robert
2014 2020 Jean-Claude Hourcq
2020 2026 Sylvie Daugas

Inter-communality

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The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes du Pays de Nay;
  • the SIVU of RPI Baliros - Pardies-Piétat - Saint-Abit (headquarters in Baliros);
  • the drinking water and sanitation association of Pays de Nay (SEAPAN);
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for defence against floods of the Gave de Pau;
  • the inter-communal association for defence against floods of the Luz;

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Balirosiens or Balirosiennes in French.[11]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 120—    
1800 268+12.16%
1806 235−2.17%
1821 290+1.41%
1831 316+0.86%
1836 332+0.99%
1841 339+0.42%
1846 326−0.78%
1851 314−0.75%
1856 318+0.25%
1861 297−1.36%
1866 308+0.73%
1872 320+0.64%
1876 329+0.70%
1881 304−1.57%
1886 300−0.26%
1891 282−1.23%
1896 286+0.28%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 274−0.85%
1906 271−0.22%
1911 228−3.40%
1921 202−1.20%
1926 197−0.50%
1931 206+0.90%
1936 195−1.09%
1946 164−1.72%
1954 176+0.89%
1962 194+1.22%
1968 268+5.53%
1975 342+3.54%
1982 335−0.29%
1990 365+1.08%
1999 377+0.36%
2007 374−0.10%
2012 386+0.63%
2017 475+4.24%
Source: EHESS[12] and INSEE[13]
 
Baliros Post Office

Economy

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The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Sites and monuments

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The Parish Church of Saint Peter (1658)  is registered as an historical monument.[14]

Facilities

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The Baliros Community Hall.

Baliros is a member of the Inter-communal Educational Grouping (RPI) of Baliros - Pardies-Piétat - Saint-Abit which runs the Baliros and Pardies-Piétat primary schools.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Google Maps
  4. ^ Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3(in French)
  5. ^ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  6. ^ Cassini Map 1750 – Baliros
  7. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  8. ^ Titles of Assat in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  9. ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  11. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  12. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baliros, EHESS (in French).
  13. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000599 Parish Church of Saint Peter (in French)
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