Aucun

Aucun
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 11 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 11 ′ E
height	800-1,804 m
surface	12.94 km 2
Residents	237 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65400
INSEE code	65045
Website	http://www.aucun-pyrenees.fr/

Aucun is a French commune with 237 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves . The inhabitants call themselves Aucunois (es) .

location

Aucun is located in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 36 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Tarbes . The river Gave d'Azun crosses the municipality and in parts forms the municipality boundary. Aucun is located in the Pyrenees National Park . The highest point of the municipality is the mountain peak of the Pic de Bazès (1804 m. Above sea level). Large parts of the municipality are forested.

The municipality consists of the village of Aucun, the hamlets (hameaux) Bazaillac and Terre Nère and numerous individual farms.

Neighboring communities are Salles in the north-east, Gaillagos in the east, Bun and Estaing in the south-east, Arrens-Marsous in the south-west and Ferrières in the west and north-west.

history

In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. During the Hundred Years War , Arras-en-Lavedan was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the County of Bigorre to the County of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry III. of Navarre from the House of Bourbon, in 1589 ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV.), the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. It was also the capital of the canton of Aucun from 1793 to 2015 . With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Aucun was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost from 1801. Aucun was first mentioned by name in 1069 in the Saint-Savin copial book . The municipality is part of the historical Lavedan landscape (also known as the Pays des Sept Vallées ). In 1836 the municipality ceded part of its territory to the new municipality of Estaing.

Population development

year	1793	1806	1821	1831	1836	1901	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	746	812	750	883	636	430	450	300	210	190	150	170	199	205	250	256
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

The number of residents has fallen sharply due to emigration, the fallen in World War I and the flu epidemic in 1918/1919. The lowest population figures come from the post-war period.