# Ayros-Arbouix

Ayros-Arbouix (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Airòs e Arboish) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

## Geography

Ayros-Arbouix is part of the Pyrénées National Park and is located some 10 km south of Lourdes just east of Argelès-Gazost. Access to the commune is by road D821 from Lourdes which changes to the D913 at the commune border and passes down the western side of the commune continuing south to join the D921 near Villelongue. The D13 comes from Boô-Silhen in the north and passes through the centre of the commune before continuing south to Préchac. The D100 links the D821 to the D13 in the commune. Access to the village is by a country road east from the D13. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Couture Bague south-west of the village and Arbouix in the south of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.
The Gave de Pau flows along the western border of the commune as it flows north to eventually join the Gave d'Oloron forming the Gaves Réunis at Peyrehorade. The Estau river flows west through the centre of the commune to join the Gave de Pau. The Ruisseau d'Aygueberden flows west through the south of the commune to join the Gave de Pau.

### Neighbouring communes and villages

vtePlaces adjacent to Ayros-Arbouix :
Ayzac-Ost
Boô-Silhen
Saint-Pastous
Argelès-Gazost
Ayros-Arbouix
Préchac
Beaucens
Vier-Bordes :

### Heraldry

| Arms of Ayros-Arbouix | These arms are faulty as they do not comply with the rule of tincture (Sable on Azure). Blazon: Azure, a fesse wavy enhanced of Argent, in chief the Arial letters AY to dexter and AR to sinister the same, in base a bow Sable stringed Gules and arrow notched Azure feathered and armed Or. |

### Climate

Ayros-Arbouix has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ayros-Arbouix is 13.0 °C (55.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,098.2 mm (43.24 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.3 °C (68.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ayros-Arbouix was 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) on 26 August 2010; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.5 °C (0.5 °F) on 9 January 1985.
Climate data for Ayros-Arbouix (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1982−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.3 (93.7) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.0 (104.0) | 41.5 (106.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.0 (91.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 16.4 (61.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.7 (53.1) | 18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.3 (45.1) | 13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 2.9 (37.2) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) | −13.0 (8.6) | −10.0 (14.0) | −4.2 (24.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | −2.0 (28.4) | −9.0 (15.8) | −8.0 (17.6) | −17.5 (0.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 110.1 (4.33) | 90.0 (3.54) | 86.3 (3.40) | 106.5 (4.19) | 103.0 (4.06) | 81.9 (3.22) | 65.8 (2.59) | 60.6 (2.39) | 68.4 (2.69) | 83.1 (3.27) | 137.3 (5.41) | 105.2 (4.14) | 1,098.2 (43.24) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.6 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 127.2 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||

## Administration

List of Successive Mayors
| From | To | Name |
| 1831 | 1831 | Cazajous |
| 1862 | 1862 | Justin Nogue |
| 1870 | 1870 | Louis Cayrey |
| 1965 | 1977 | André Sempé |
| 1977 | 1989 | Louis Pédarribes |
| 1989 | 2014 | Jean Louis Pambrun |
| 2014 | 2026 | Régis Baudiffier |

## Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aybouisois or Aybouisoises in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 148 | — |
| 1800 | 193 | +3.87% |
| 1806 | 192 | −0.09% |
| 1821 | 212 | +0.66% |
| 1831 | 198 | −0.68% |
| 1836 | 222 | +2.31% |
| 1841 | 344 | +9.15% |
| 1846 | 380 | +2.01% |
| 1851 | 401 | +1.08% |
| 1856 | 422 | +1.03% |
| 1861 | 360 | −3.13% |
| 1866 | 365 | +0.28% |
| 1872 | 338 | −1.27% |
| 1876 | 337 | −0.07% |
| 1881 | 351 | +0.82% |
| 1886 | 317 | −2.02% |
| 1891 | 280 | −2.45% |
| 1896 | 252 | −2.09% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 266 | +1.09% |
| 1906 | 262 | −0.30% |
| 1911 | 232 | −2.40% |
| 1921 | 223 | −0.39% |
| 1926 | 206 | −1.57% |
| 1931 | 204 | −0.19% |
| 1936 | 192 | −1.21% |
| 1946 | 206 | +0.71% |
| 1954 | 211 | +0.30% |
| 1962 | 220 | +0.52% |
| 1968 | 228 | +0.60% |
| 1975 | 235 | +0.43% |
| 1982 | 256 | +1.23% |
| 1990 | 230 | −1.33% |
| 1999 | 231 | +0.05% |
| 2007 | 316 | +3.99% |
| 2012 | 278 | −2.53% |
| 2017 | 314 | +2.47% |
Source: EHESS and INSEE :

## Sports

The village has a green where Quilles de Neuf (Nine Bowls) is played.