Ossenx

Ossenx is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Gave d' Oloron, affluent of the Gave of Pau, and by its tributaries, the brooks of Labaigt and Lasarouquettes.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Castetbon in north
Audaux in the east
Narp in the west
Araujuzon in the south.

Toponymy

The toponym Ossenx appears in the forms Osentz (XIIIe century, Fors de Béarn), Ossenxs (1385, censier of Béarn), Lo borguet of Ossencx (1400, notaries of Navarrenx) and Osenxs (1546, reformation of Béarn).

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385, Ossenx counted 9 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Navarrenx.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to five inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Sauveterre-to-Béarn
trade union of the schools of Gaveausset
intercommunity association of Gaves and Saleys
trade union AEP of Navarrenx
departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

2005: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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