Avezac-Prat-Lahitte

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Avezac-Prat-Lahitte
Coat of arms of Avezac-Prat-Lahitte
Avezac-Prat-Lahitte (France)
Avezac-Prat-Lahitte
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association Communes du Plateau de Lannemezan
Coordinates 43 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  E
height 380-733 m
surface 17.81 km 2
Residents 602 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65130
INSEE code 65054

View of Avezac

Avezac-Prat-Lahitte ( listen ? / I ) is a French commune with 602 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron (until 2015: canton of La Barthe-de-Neste ). Audio file / audio sample

The inhabitants are called Avezacais and Avezacaises .

geography

Avezac-Prat-Lahitte is about 15 kilometers east of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the historic vice-county of Nébouzan .

Avezac-Prat-Lahitte is surrounded by the twelve neighboring communities:

Sarlabous Tilhouse
Capvern 		Lannemezan
La Barthe-de-Neste
Batsere Neighboring communities Izaux
Espèche
Lomné 		Esparros
Labastide 		Locates

Avezac-Prat-Lahitte lies in the catchment areas of the Adour and Garonne rivers .

The Arros , one of its tributaries, forms the natural border with the north-western neighboring municipality of Sarlabous. The Avezaguet, a tributary of the Arros, has its source in Avezac-Prat-Lahitte, as do its tributaries, the Ruisseau Lahitte and the Ruisseau de Bazor. The Baïse Darré, a tributary of the Petite Baïse , has its source in the far north-west of the municipality.

Mayor's Office ( Mairie )
Washing area
Washing area
Chapel in Avezac
Fountain in Avezac

history

The municipality of Prat was united with the municipality of Avezac between 1801 and 1806.

The parish Lahitte became on January 1, 1973 the Commune associée of the parish Avezac-Prat, which from then on bears the name Avezac-Prat-Lahitte.

Toponymy

The place names Avezac and Prat are also called Avezac and Prat in the Occitan language . The place name Lahitte, however, is in Occitan Era Hita.

Avezac comes from the Latin proper name Avitius together with the suffix -acum , the name for the Avitius estate in antiquity . Prat is derived from the Gascognischen prat ( German  meadow, pasture ). The Gascognic word hita denotes an erect stone or a boundary stone.

The parish has several nicknames . They are called Eths lops ( German  the wolves ), d. H. tough, tough, Eths gaveruts ( German  die goiter ) and Eths sernalhèrs , derived from sernalha ( German  lizard ). The latter can be interpreted as "the lazy ones", but can also be understood for residents who live on a sunny mountain slope.

Toponyms and mentions of Avezac were:

  • D-Auesag , D-Auzag and D-Auezag (12th century, copy books of the County of Bigorre),
  • Avezac , (1256, marriage contract Esquivat),
  • de Avezaco (1300, elevation in Bigorre),
  • De Auezaco (1313 and 1379, Tax List Debita regi Navarre and Prokuration Tarbes ),
  • De Avesaco (1342, Tarbes Parish Register ),
  • de Avessaco (1369, Larcher, Castelbajac),
  • Avezac (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ).

Toponyms and mentions of Prat were:

  • de Prato (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list ),
  • Prat (1750, map by Cassini).

Toponyms and mentions of Lahitte were:

  • A La Fita en las Seubas (around 1200–1230, copial books of the County of Bigorre),
  • De Fita prope Auezacum (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list ),
  • De Fita (1342 and 1379, parish registers of Tarbes and Prokuration Tarbes),
  • La Hitte (1750, map by Cassini),
  • Lahitte (1793 and 1801, Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ).

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 1,050 in the middle and again in the second half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 480 inhabitants during short recovery phases up to the 1950s, before a recovery phase began that increased to around 620 inhabitants by the 1970s through the incorporation of Lahitte. By the turn of the millennium, the size of the community went through a brief phase of stagnation until a renewed phase of growth began, which continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 491 493 622 600 596 514 548 565 602
Until 1968 only residents of Avezac-Prat, from 1975 of Avezac-Prat-Lahitte
From 1962 official figures without residents with secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Avenac Tower
  • Avenac Tower. It is located on a ledge that slopes north and is believed to be the remnant of a fortification around which the village developed in a circle away from the tower. It has a rectangular floor plan and possibly dates from the 12th century. Due to its location on the slope, it could have served as a retreat and watchtower, the residential buildings and circular wall of which have now disappeared. The strength of the building and the material of the outer wall speak for this assumption. The entrance on the east side is typically at a height that can be reached via a wooden walkway, as shown by holes in the facade. Inside you got from one floor to the next via a ladder. The battlements of the upper platform have disappeared. In 1997 the municipality restored the tower when it threatened to deteriorate. Year-round free access is offered.
  • Three barrows , each classified or inscribed as a monument historique
  • Saint-Barthélémy parish church in Avezac

  • Saint-Barthélémy parish church in Avezac

  • Entrance portal of the parish church in Avezac

    • Parish church of Saint-Barthélémy in Prat

    • Parish church of Saint-Barthélémy in Prat

    • Entrance portal of the parish church in Prat

      • Parish church of Saint-Michel in Lahitte

      • Parish church of Saint-Michel à Lahitte

      • Entrance portal of the parish church in Lahitte

        • Economy and Infrastructure

        Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

        Avezac-Prat-Lahitte 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 = 57
        School in Avezac-Prat-Lahitte

        education

        The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 45 pupils in the 2019/2020 school year.

        sport and freetime

        The GR de Pays Tour des Baronnies de Bigorre regional long-distance hiking trail also passes through the center of Avezac-Prat-Lahitte.

        traffic

        Building of the former La Barthe-Avezac train station Railroad track
        Building of the former La Barthe-Avezac train station
        Railroad track

        Avezac-Prat-Lahitte can be reached via Routes départementales 14, 17, 76, 77, 79, 217, 279, 929A and 938, the former Route nationale 638 .

        On August 5, 1882, the construction of the railway line between Lannemezan and Arreau was commissioned by law, the concession of which was awarded by law of November 20, 1883 to the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi . The work on the infrastructure lasted from 1889 to 1895, the buildings were completed by the railway company in 1897. Operations began on August 1, 1897. A train station was also set up in the Avezac-Prat-Lahitte municipality. The transport of people between Lannemezan and Arreau was stopped in March 1969. Freight trains only run between Lannemezan and Labarthe-Avezac station.

        Web links

        Commons : Avezac-Prat-Lahitte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

        Individual evidence

        1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
        2. ↑ Ma commune: Avezac-Prat-Lahitte ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        3. ↑ a b Avezac-Prat-Lahitte ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        4. ↑ Commune de Lahitte (65054) - commune associée ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Avezac-Prat-Lahitte ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        7. ↑ Notice Communale Lahitte ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        8. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Avezac-Prat-Lahitte (65054) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
        9. ↑ Tour d'Avezac ( fr ) Cœur des Pyrénées Tourist Office . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        10. ↑ 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.
        11. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Avezac-Prat-Lahitte (65054) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
        12. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
        13. ↑ GRP Baronnies ( fr ) Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre (FFRandonnée / FFRP). Retrieved October 3, 2019.
        14. ↑ Pierre-Yves Corbel: voie ferrée: ligne Lannemezan-Arreau ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . June 7, 2000. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
        15. ↑ Ligne de Lannemezan à Arreau-Cadéac ( fr ) lignes-oubliees.com. August 1, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2019.