Barbazan Dessus

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Barbazan Dessus
Coat of arms of Barbazan-Dessus
Barbazan-Dessus (France)
Barbazan Dessus
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association Communes des Coteaux du Val d'Arros
Coordinates 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 9 ′  E
height 381-516 m
surface 4.24 km 2
Residents 165 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65360
INSEE code 65063

View of the center of Barbazan-Dessus

Barbazan-Dessus is a French commune with 165 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 La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses (until 2015: canton of Tournay ).

The inhabitants are called Barbazanais and Barbazanaises .

geography

Barbazan-Dessus is located about nine kilometers southeast of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Barbazan-Dessus is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Allier Montignac Fréchou-Fréchet
Bernac debate Neighboring communities Hit
Bernac-Dessus

Barbazan-Dessus lies in the catchment area of the Adour River .

The Arrêt-Darré , a tributary of the Arros , forms the natural border with the neighboring municipality of Hitte to the east. The Lassarenc, a tributary of the Arrêt-Darré, has its source in the municipality. The Echéoux also rises in Barbazan-Dessus, but flows into the Canal d'Alaric in the neighboring municipality.

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Barbazan-Dessus

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Barbadan Dessús. The first part of the name has its origin from an estate in ancient times . It is derived from the Latin proper name Barbatius with the suffix -anum ("Landgut des Barbatius"). The addition Dessus means "located south" in relation to Barbazan-Debat .

The nickname of the community is Los lobatèrs ( German  the wolf hunters ). There are also two wolves in the municipality's coat of arms.

Toponyms and mentions of Barbazan-Dessus were:

  • Barbazaa Desus and a castro Barbazani Superioris (1285, census of the nobility in Bigorre),
  • De Barbazano Superiori (1313, Tax List Debita regi Navarre ),
  • Barbasan Dessus (1429, Bigorre County census list),
  • Barbazan Dessus (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini or Notice Communale ),
  • Barbazan-Dessus (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After the records began, the population rose to a peak of around 315 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 110 inhabitants during short recovery phases until the 1960s, before a phase of growth began. which continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 112 120 133 143 141 136 134 138 165
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006
Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Attractions

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Barbazan-Dessus 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 = 19
Arnault Guilhem de Barbazan in a fight at Chalons

traffic

Barbazan-Dessus can be reached via the routes départementales 85, 508 and 605.

Personalities

Arnault Guilhem de Barbazan , born around 1360 possibly at his castle in Barbazan-Dessus, died in 1431 in Vaudoncourt in what is now the Vosges department , was Seigneur von Barbazan, adviser and chamberlain to the French King Charles VII and fought on the side of the French crown in the Hundred Years War . The castle was destroyed during the French Revolution .

Web links

Commons : Barbazan-Dessus  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Barbazan-Dessus ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Barbazan-Dessus ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Barbazan-Dessus ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Barbazan-Dessus (65063) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 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 8, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Barbazan-Dessus (65063) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ Histoire et généalogie d'Arnault-Guilhem de Barbazan. ( fr ) passion-bigorrehp.org. December 20, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  11. ↑ Barbazan-Dessus ( fr ) Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Val d'Arros. Retrieved October 30, 2019.