Barlest

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Barlest
Barlest Coat of Arms
Barlest (France)
Barlest
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton Lourdes-1
Community association Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
height 385-513 m
surface 4.02 km 2
Residents 290 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 72 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65100
INSEE code 65065

View of the center of Barlest

Barlest is a French commune with 290 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 Argelès-Gazost and the canton Lourdes-1 (until 2015: canton Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Barlésiens and Barlésiennes .

geography

Barlest is located about seven kilometers northwest of Lourdes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Barlest is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

Lamarque-Pontacq
Lourdes Neighboring communities Bartrès
Loubajac

Barlest is located in the river Adour catchment area . The Ousse , a tributary of the Gave de Pau , crosses the area of ​​the municipality together with its tributary, the Bédat.

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Barlest

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Barlest. Its origin is unclear.

Toponyms and mentions of Barlest were:

  • in Barlesto (mid-11th century, copy book of the abbey in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre ),
  • Barlest (between 1232 and 1266 and 13th century, copy book of the abbey in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre),
  • A Barllest (around 1200–1230, Copial Book of the County of Bigorre),
  • De Barlesto (1342 and 1379, parish registers of Tarbes and Prokuration Tarbes),
  • Barlest (1429 and 1541, Bigorre census and ADPA, B 1010),
  • Barlest (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 430 by the first half of the 19th century. Subsequently, the size of the community fell to around 185 with brief recovery periods until the 1960s, before a period of growth began that continues to this day .

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 216 187 198 206 233 223 248 277 290
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint Martin

Parish Church of Saint Martin

The Romanesque church with a bell tower from the 19th century is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours . Over the centuries, the building has been redesigned many times. On a window sill to the right of the Romanesque entrance, an inscription mentions Napoleon, which probably refers to a gift, probably the bell. The interior of the church with a spacious single - nave nave and a transept was renovated in 1977. The decoration is kept simple with a few plaster statues . A painting above the altar shows the patron saint of the church, St. Martin. The side chapels are dedicated to the Virgin of Lourdes and St. Joseph . The holy water font was brought from Spain by a former priest of Hispanic-Basque descent. The altarpiece seems to have the same Spanish origin.

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Barlest 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 = 26

sport and freetime

The GR 782, a long-distance hiking trail from Pau to Lourdes, runs along the western border to the Lourdes exclave .

traffic

Barlest is crossed by Route départementale 940, the former Route nationale 640 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Barlest ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Barlest ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Barlest ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Barlest (65065) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  8. ↑ Barlest ( fr ) Patrimoines Lourdes Gavarnie. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Barlest (65065) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  11. ↑ GR® 782 "Le chemin Henri IV" ( fr ) Comité départemental de la Randonnée pédestre des Pyrénées-Atlantiques (CDRP 64). Retrieved October 9, 2019.