title: Araux
text: # Araux
  
  Araux (Araus in Occitan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  This commune is located roughly midway between Sauveterre-de-Béarn to the northwest and Navarrenx to the south-east.
  
  ### Access
  
  Araux is accessed by departmental roads 836 and 936.
  
  ### Waterways
  
  Araux lies in the Adour watershed. The Gave d'Oloron (a tributary of the Gave de Pau) and the Lausset, a tributary, flow through the commune. The Cassou dou Boue and the Lescuncette stream, both tributaries of the Harcellane stream (itself a tributary of the Lausset), also pass through the commune.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  Araux has also been referred to as Araus (
  
  