Aventignan

Aventignan ; Aventinhan
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association	Neste Barousse
Coordinates	43 ° 4 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 4 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ E
height	434-783 m
surface	5.22 km 2
Residents	205 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65150
INSEE code	65051
	; View of Aventignan and the Pyrenees

Aventignan ( Gascon : Aventinhan ) is a French commune with 205 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de la Barousse (until 2015: canton of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste ). The inhabitants are called Aventignanais / Aventignanaises .

geography

Aventignan is located around 40 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The municipality consists of the village of Aventignan and numerous scattered settlements. The nest crosses the north of the municipality in an easterly direction and in parts forms the northern municipality boundary. In terms of traffic, the municipality is mainly located on the D26 and D71. The A64 passes a few kilometers north of the community.

Aventignan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Paul in the north, Mazères-de-Neste in the northeast, Tibiran-Jaunac in the east and southeast, Générest in the south and southwest and Lombrès and Montégut in the west.

history

The place appears for the first time indirectly as de Aventinhano in the year 1387 in the church register of Comminges. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the Rivière-Verdun region, which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Aventignan was in the canton of Nestier from 1793 to 1870 and then within the canton of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste until 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year	1793	1806	1821	1831	1851	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	547	511	593	798	760	430	335	238	272	225	216	208	180	179	201
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Hands in the cave of Gargas

prehistoric cave of Gargas , a monument historique since 1910

Saint-Saturnin Church (also called Saint-Sernin); several objects have been a monument historique since 1992

Memorial to the Fallen

several wayside crosses

Web links

Commons : Aventignan - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Description of the Monument historique (French)

[2] Website of the Gargas Cave (French)

[3] Description in Palissy, Aventignan (French)

[4] Memorial to the Fallen