Nouste Camp, football stadium in Bizanos, France
Nouste Camp is a football stadium in Bizanos, a suburb of Pau in southwestern France, and the home of Pau FC. Its all-seated capacity is 4,031, the smallest in the 2022–23 Ligue 2. The main covered grandstand has yellow and blue seats beneath a flat dark roof, with a fascia board reading "Mobiller de France"; a separate white canopy on thin columns covers more seating, and the complex includes a training pitch with artificial turf.
Pau FC played at the Stade des Bleuets, the Stade du Hameau and the Stade de l'Ousse des Bois before a new stadium was built on the site of an American football pitch in the Hameau plain, designed by the Despré group of Nay. Inaugurated on 14 September 2018 with a 1–1 draw against Villefranche, it had only one 1,200-seat stand. After Pau's promotion to Ligue 2, six months of work in 2020–2021 added a stand and brought it to league standards; it was then renamed Nouste Camp.
The name Nouste Camp comes from Béarnese, the local language, and translates as "Our Ground" — also rendered "Ground of the Béarnais". The stadium was renamed when its 2021 Ligue 2 renovation was completed; it had opened in 2018 as the Nouveau Stade de Pau. The first match there, on 14 September 2018, was a 1–1 draw with Villefranche.
The ground lies in Bizanos, on the site of the former American football pitch of the Plaine du Hameau, next to the Stade du Hameau. It is a football-specific complex with several pitches, including a training pitch in artificial turf. The main stand seats 1,200, and a second stand was inaugurated in 2021.
The stadium was designed by the Despré group, based in Nay, and built to be expandable: a new stand was inaugurated in 2021 after Pau FC reached Ligue 2. The ground is rated category III by the French Football Federation. Its first match, on 14 September 2018, ended 1–1 against Villefranche.
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