Banios

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Banios
Banios coat of arms
Banios (France)
Banios
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association Communes de la Haute-Bigorre
Coordinates 43 ° 3 '  N , 0 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 3 '  N , 0 ° 14'  E
height 468-1,145 m
surface 5.26 km 2
Residents 53 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65200
INSEE code

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Banios

Banios is a French commune with 53 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 Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses (until 2015: canton of Bagnères-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Baniosois and Baniosoises .

geography

Banios is about seven kilometers southeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the Nébouzan .

Banios is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

Marsas Fréchendets
Neighboring communities Asque
Asté

The highest point of the municipality is on the summit of Cap de las Penas ( 1145  m ).

Banios is located in the catchment area of the Adour River . The Esqueda, also called Ruisseau de Lalherde on the upper reaches, is a tributary of the Arros and has its source in the municipality. Its tributaries, the Ruisseau du Thou and the Ruisseau de Lauade, cross the territory of the municipality before flowing into the Esquada at Banios.

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the municipality is Baniòs. Based on the Aquitaine suffix -ossum , it seems certain that it is derived from the name of a country estate. However, the associated proper name remains unclear.

Toponyms and mentions of Banios were:

  • A Banios (around 1200-1230, Copial Book of the County of Bigorre),
  • Banios (1313 and 1342, tax list Debita regi Navarre and parish register of Tarbes ),
  • de Baniossio (1379, Tarbes procuration),
  • Banios (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale or Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 360 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell with short recovery phases to a level of around 50 inhabitants by the 1990s, at which it was up stabilized today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 78 72 81 75 50 43 50 54 53
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
View into the interior of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

Attractions

  • Parish Church de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Banios 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 = 7

sport and freetime

The regional long-distance hiking trail GR de Pays Tour des Baronnies de Bigorre also partly runs along the border to the southeastern neighboring municipality of Asté.

traffic

Banios can be reached via routes départementales 84 and 384.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. Ma commune: Banios ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. Banios ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  5. a b Notice Communale Banios ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  6. Populations légales 2016 Commune de Banios (65060) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  7. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  8. Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Banios (65060) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  9. GRP Baronnies ( fr ) Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre (FFRandonnée / FFRP). Retrieved October 5, 2019.