title: Aubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
text: # Aubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  
  Aubin (French pronunciation: (listen)) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Aubin is located some 35 km east by south-east of Orthez and 20 km north of Pau. The A65 autoroute passes through the commune but there is no exit in or near the commune with the nearest exit being Exit 9 south of Lalonquette or the beginning of the motorway just north of Lescar. Access to the commune is by the D210 road from Bournos in the east which goes to the village. The D216 from Sauvagnon in the south-east passes through the south of the commune on its way to Momas in the north-west. Country roads are also available to access the commune. There are some scattered forests in the commune but most of it is farmland.
  
  The Luy de Béarn forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Luy de France near Vieux-Bourg to become the Luy. The Aubiosse river flows through the south of the commune from east to west and joins the Luy de Béarn south-west of the commune. The Gez river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Luy de Béarn.
  
  ### Places and hamlets
  
  * Baradat
  * Bas
  * Bousquet
  * Brunet
  * Cabet
  * Cambatu
  * Carou
  * Castet-Bieilh
  * Cazaux (ruins)
  * Combatu
  * Dufau
  * Guichot
  * Lacoste
  * Lafitte
  * Larquier
  * Lasalle
  * Loulet
  * Loustau
  * Maribat
  * Maupas
  * Maysounave
  * Plaisance
  * Le Pouthiau
  * Prué
  * Soubette
  * Tournemouly
  * Turon
  
  ### Neighbouring communes and villages
  
  Places adjacent to Aubin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques :
  
  Momas
  
  Lonçon
  
  Viven
  
  Mazerolles
  
  Aubin
  
  Bournos
  
  Viellenave-d'Arthez
  
  Uzein
  
  Caubios-Loos :
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The commune name in béarnais is Aubin. Michel Grosclaude proposed an etymology of the Latin man's name Albius with the suffix -inum (Albinum), the whole meaning "Domain of Albius".
  
  The following table details the origins of the commune name:
  
  | Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aubin | Sanctus Genumer de Albii | 1101 | Raymond | 16 | Cartulary | Village |
  | | Elben | 13th century | Raymond | 16 | Fors de Béarn | |
  | | Aubii | 1385 | Raymond | 16 | Census | |
  
  Sources:
  
  * Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)
  * Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)
  
  Origins:
  
  * Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar
  * Fors de Béarn
  * Census: Census of Béarn
  
  ## History
  
  The village is first mentioned in 1101 as Sanctus-Genumer-de-Albii. At the start of the 11th century, the village and its church were given to the Bishop of Lescar by the wife of Viscount Centulle III.
  
  Paul Raymond noted on page 16 of the 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Aubin had 17 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau. Bournos was also annexed to the parish of Aubin, the former archpriest of the Diocese of Lescar.
  
  ## Administration
  
  List of Successive Mayors
  
  | From | To | Name |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1995 | 2020 | Jean-Louis Castetbieilh |
  | 2020 | 2026 | Serge Lupiet |
  
  ### Inter-communality
  
  The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:
  
  * the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
  * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  * the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water for Luy - Gabas -Lées;
  * the inter-communal association of Aubin-Doumy-Bournos.
  
  ## Demography
  
  In 2017 the commune had 239 inhabitants.
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1793 | 308 | — |
  | 1800 | 282 | −1.25% |
  | 1806 | 277 | −0.30% |
  | 1821 | 370 | +1.95% |
  | 1831 | 382 | +0.32% |
  | 1836 | 368 | −0.74% |
  | 1841 | 350 | −1.00% |
  | 1846 | 365 | +0.84% |
  | 1851 | 352 | −0.72% |
  | 1856 | 351 | −0.06% |
  | 1861 | 306 | −2.71% |
  | 1866 | 286 | −1.34% |
  | 1872 | 268 | −1.08% |
  | 1876 | 270 | +0.19% |
  | 1881 | 244 | −2.00% |
  | 1886 | 218 | −2.23% |
  | 1891 | 208 | −0.93% |
  | 1896 | 191 | −1.69% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1901 | 196 | +0.52% |
  | 1906 | 176 | −2.13% |
  | 1911 | 170 | −0.69% |
  | 1921 | 151 | −1.18% |
  | 1926 | 156 | +0.65% |
  | 1931 | 156 | +0.00% |
  | 1936 | 153 | −0.39% |
  | 1946 | 123 | −2.16% |
  | 1954 | 121 | −0.20% |
  | 1962 | 115 | −0.63% |
  | 1968 | 113 | −0.29% |
  | 1975 | 110 | −0.38% |
  | 1982 | 159 | +5.40% |
  | 1990 | 199 | +2.84% |
  | 1999 | 183 | −0.93% |
  | 2007 | 228 | +2.79% |
  | 2012 | 254 | +2.18% |
  | 2017 | 239 | −1.21% |
  
  Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues. :
  
  Source: EHESS and INSEE :
  
  ## Culture and heritage
  
  ### Civil heritage
  
  The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
  
  * A Farmhouse at Cambatu (17th century)
  * Houses and Farms (17th century)
  * A Fortified Complex named Castetbielh ("Old Castle") (High Middle Ages) - https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013449/http://visites.aquitaine.fr/ensemble-fortifie-castetbielh
  
  ### Religious heritage
  
  The commune has a church that is registered as a historical monument:
  
  * The Parish Church of Saint Germain-d'Auxerre (12th century). The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects, some of which were destroyed when the church was renovated in 1981:
     * Furniture in the Church
     * Furniture in the Church (Supplementary list)
     * A Mural Painting (1897) (Destroyed in 1981).
     * A Lectern (18th century)
     * A Pulpit (1897)
     * A Confessional (18th century)
     * An Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, statue, 4 Altar candlesticks (17th century)
     * An Altar, 2 rows of Altar seating, Tabernacle, 4 Altar candlesticks, Altar Cross (19th century) (All destroyed in 1981)
     * 5 Hilarri (1859)
  
  ## Facilities
  
  Aubin has a primary school which is shared with Bournos, Auga, and Doumy as an inter-communal educational grouping.
  
  