MONFAUCON: 162 inhabitants, Holiday locale:1 ° and 2 ° on Sunday of August, City hall: 0562965611

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Environment semi-scattered on a crest separating the valleys of Arros and Adour. Name of feudal origin; in the XIV ° Monfaucon's ownership was shared among the Lord of the castle and the king of France. In the church, reconstructed in the XVIII ° century, exists a high-quality furniture due to the sculptors Ferrère and Brunelle. Monfaucon was the XVIII ° century a big village in the different social and occupational composition, going from the middle-class person living nobly (that is of his pensions) to the labourer. In the XIX ° century Mountain falcon counted 49 artisans, 144 daily and domestic owners - developers and 43. Today, the ascendancy of the agriculture which uses 3 assets on 4 favored the demographic and accelerated imbalance the drift from the land.

Dedicated site: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/monfaucon65

Stroll: Road of crests (muleteer) with beautiful sights on the Mountains of Astarac.

Residence: Holiday cottage in the country

BUZON: 74 inhabitants, local Holiday: last weekend of October, City hall 0562966096

Situated in 188 metres in height Buzon extends over the glacis of the western hillside of the valley of Arros.

For a long time owned by Sérignac's family, the castle of Colomé presents another building to rural custom, built in timber framings, and being able to date the XVI ° century.

Monument: Church was restored by the XVII ° century, painted voute and tables(pictures). Wooden bell tower dating 1933.

Residence: Holiday cottage in the country

GENSAC: 68 inhabitants, local Holiday on Sundays of the Mother's Day, City hall: 0562969911

Village - street on the average terrace of the right bank of Adour in 197 metres in height.

The municipality occupies a favorable équidistante situation of Vic, Maubourguet and Rababastens.

Tourism: equestrian Circuit

ANSOST: 62 inhabitants, local Holiday in St Jacques in the middle of June, City hall: 0562966365

Village situated between Adour and Estéous in 197 metres in height.

This small municipality left by his inhabitants at the beginning of the XV ° siécle, was in 1600, in Jean de Montesquiou's hands Lord of Artagnan who possessed there a for a long time ruined castle.

There was a wood of alders today disappeared, when people of the village made some charcoal .L' agriculture remains there dominant and in widely spread the surface of its ploughings to the detriment of vineyards and wood.

Tourism: rest area with table at the edge of Estéous.

Residence: Chambers and Hosts' tables

BARBACHEN: 42 inhabitants, local Holiday in fine April the beginning of May, City hall: 0562969025

Being established in 275 metres in height on a clayey mound of the côteau dominating the right bank of Adour. Barbachen's medieval castle succeeded maybe an oppidum today occupied by the church.

Residence: Holiday cottage in the country

LIAC: 169 inhabitants, local holiday the 1 ° on Sunday of August, City hall: 0562962160

Being situated in 204 metres in height, in the middle of the plain of Vic, on the right bank of Adour. The village in been able to be formed in time gallo-Roman if its name comes well name of Latin man " linus " .On discovered to it at least of the pottery of High Moyen-Age on a feudal clod.

Nickname: " Lous Antonis de Liac "