Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost
Argelès-Gazost | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Occitanie | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| No. of communes | 87 |
| Subprefecture | Argelès-Gazost |
| Area | 1,300.2 km2 (502.0 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 37,527 |
| INSEE code | 651 |
The arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Argelès-Gazost.
History
[change | change source]When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Argelès-Gazost was one of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.
In 1926, the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost was eliminated but, in 1942, it was made again an arrondissement.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]It is the smallest of the arrondissements of the department with an area of 1,300.2 km2 (502 sq mi),[3] and a population 39,130 inhabitants; its population density is of 29.9 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Tarbes, to the east by the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the south by Spain and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region).
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The three cantons found in the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost have all their communes in the arrondissement:
- Lourdes-1 (6505) - 11 communes + part of Lourdes;
- Lourdes-2 (6506) - 27 communes + part of Lourdes); and
- La Vallée des Gaves (6516) - 48 communes.
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost has 87 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Adast (65001)
- Adé (65002)
- Agos-Vidalos (65004)
- Les Angles (65011)
- Arbéost (65018)
- Arcizac-ez-Angles (65020)
- Arcizans-Avant (65021)
- Arcizans-Dessus (65022)
- Argelès-Gazost (65025)
- Arras-en-Lavedan (65029)
- Arrayou-Lahitte (65247)
- Arrens-Marsous (65032)
- Arrodets-ez-Angles (65033)
- Artalens-Souin (65036)
- Artigues (65038)
- Aspin-en-Lavedan (65040)
- Aucun (65045)
- Ayros-Arbouix (65055)
- Ayzac-Ost (65056)
- Barèges (65481)
- Barlest (65065)
- Bartrès (65070)
- Beaucens (65077)
- Berbérust-Lias (65082)
- Betpouey (65089)
- Boô-Silhen (65098)
- Bourréac (65107)
- Bun (65112)
- Cauterets (65138)
- Cheust (65144)
- Chèze (65145)
- Escoubès-Pouts (65164)
- Esquièze-Sère (65168)
- Estaing (65169)
- Esterre (65173)
- Ferrières (65176)
- Gaillagos (65182)
- Gavarnie-Gèdre (65192)
- Gazost (65191)
- Ger (65197)
- Germs-sur-l'Oussouet (65200)
- Geu (65201)
- Gez (65202)
- Gez-ez-Angles (65203)
- Grust (65210)
- Jarret (65233)
- Julos (65236)
- Juncalas (65237)
- Lau-Balagnas (65267)
- Lézignan (65271)
- Loubajac (65280)
- Lourdes (65286)
- Lugagnan (65291)
- Luz-Saint-Sauveur (65295)
- Omex (65334)
- Ossen (65343)
- Ossun-ez-Angles (65345)
- Ourdis-Cotdoussan (65348)
- Ourdon (65349)
- Ousté (65351)
- Ouzous (65352)
- Paréac (65355)
- Peyrouse (65360)
- Pierrefitte-Nestalas (65362)
- Poueyferré (65366)
- Préchac (65371)
- Saint-Créac (65386)
- Saint-Pastous (65393)
- Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre (65395)
- Saint-Savin (65396)
- Saligos (65399)
- Salles (65400)
- Sassis (65411)
- Sazos (65413)
- Ségus (65415)
- Sère-en-Lavedan (65420)
- Sère-Lanso (65421)
- Sers (65424)
- Sireix (65428)
- Soulom (65435)
- Uz (65458)
- Viella (65463)
- Vier-Bordes (65467)
- Viey (65469)
- Viger (65470)
- Villelongue (65473)
- Viscos (65478)
There are only 4 communes with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the arrondissement; they are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65286 | Lourdes | 14,361 | Lourdes-1 and Lourdes-2 | Le Pays de Lourdes |
| 65025 | Argelès-Gazost | 3,020 | La Vallée des Gaves | La Vallée d'Argelès-Gazost |
| 65395 | Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre | 1,187 | Lourdes-1 | Le Pays de Lourdes |
| 65362 | Pierrefitte-Nestalas | 1,184 | La Vallée des Gaves | La Vallée de Saint-Savin |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique des Hautes-Pyrénées". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ "Département des Hautes-Pyrénées (65)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-242 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Pyrénées" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Arrondissement d'Argelès-Gazost (651)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 November 2017.