Arreau

Arreau
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association	Aure Louron
Coordinates	42 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 22' E Coordinates: 42 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 22' E
height	658-1,756 m
surface	11.12 km 2
Residents	773 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	70 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65240
INSEE code	65031
Website	Arreau
	; Arreau - town view

Arreau - City Hall (Hôtel de Ville)

Arreau is a town in the south of France and a municipality with 773 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ).

Location and climate

The place Arreau is located in the Central Pyrenees in the valley of the Neste d'Aure and its tributary Neste du Louron on the connecting road from Col de Peyresourde to Col d'Aspin at an altitude of approx. 720 m . The climate is mild to temperate; Rain (approx. 910 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1999	2016
Residents	979	1,515	1,000	999	823	757
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Because of the increasing mechanization of agriculture , the population of the municipality has slowly but steadily decreased since the beginning of the 20th century.

economy

The community is almost exclusively agriculturally oriented. Tourism has played an increasingly important role since the 1960s.

history

In the Middle Ages, Arreau belonged to the county of Bigorre and was temporarily the capital of the Quatre Vallées ("Four Valleys Community"). The place was on a branch route of the Way of St. James (Chemin de la vallée d'Aure) .