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Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. The department is bordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the west, Gers to the north, Haute-Garonne to the east, as well by the Spanish province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon to the south. In 2019, its population was 229,567; its prefecture is Tarbes. It is named after the Pyrenees mountain range.
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Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as Turba or Tarba in Roman times. Tarbes is part of the historical region of Gascony.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a commune and subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
Bigorre is a region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a French province, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of the larger region known as Gascony. Today Bigorre comprises the centre and west of the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, with two small exclaves in the neighbouring Pyrénées Atlantiques. Its inhabitants are called Bigourdans.
The 3 arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department are:
- Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, with 87 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 38,002 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, with 170 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 48,866 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Tarbes, with 212 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 140,961 in 2016.
The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is an arrondissement of France in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region. It has 170 communes. Its population is 48,866 (2016), and its area is 1,783.5 km2 (688.6 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Tarbes is an arrondissement of France in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region. It has 212 communes. Its population is 140,961 (2016), and its area is 1,380.4 km2 (533.0 sq mi).
The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
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The County of Bigorre was a small feudatory of the Duchy of Gascony in the ninth through 15th centuries. Its capital was Tarbes.
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References
- Davezac-Macaya, Essai historique sur le Bigorre
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