Averan

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Averan
Averan's coat of arms
Averan (France)
Averan
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Ossun
Community association Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 0 ′  E
height 390-623 m
surface 4.35 km 2
Residents 68 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65380
INSEE code 65052

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Averan

Averan is a French commune with 68 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the Canton of Ossun .

The inhabitants are called Averanois and Averanoises .

geography

Averan is located about six kilometers northwest of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic province of Bigorre .

Averan is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

Lanne Bénac
Goodbye Neighboring communities Barry
Julos

Averan lies in the catchment area of the Adour River .

Tributaries of the Échez cross the territory of the commune:

  • the Ruisseau Baradans and
  • the Aubish with its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau de Mouret.

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Averan. It comes from the Latin proper name Avarus together with the suffix -anum , the name for the estate of Avarus.

The community's nickname is Eths escobassèrs ( German for  the broom makers ).

Toponyms and mentions of Averan were:

  • Averaa (around 1065, copy book of the abbey in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre ),
  • De Auerano (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list ),
  • De Averono (1342, Tarbes Parish Register ),
  • De Auerano (1379, Prokuration Tarbes),
  • Aueran and Auera (1429, Bigorre census),
  • Averan (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 180 by the second half of the 19th century. Subsequently, the size of the community decreased to around 45 with brief recovery periods up to the 1960s, before a period of growth began, the most recent one Time stagnates again.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 55 44 50 55 49 65 68 75 68
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Parish Church of Saint Martin

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint Martin

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Averan is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 11

traffic

Averan is crossed by Route départementale 507A.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Averan ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Averan ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Averan ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Averan (65052) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Averan (65052) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 3, 2019.