Bernadets-Dessus

Bernadets-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 ° 13 ' N , 0 ° 18' E Coordinates: 43 ° 13 ' N , 0 ° 18' E
height	305-505 m
surface	7.86 km 2
Residents	155 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65190
INSEE code	65086
	; View of the center of Bernadets-Dessus

Bernadets-Dessus is a French commune with 155 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 Bernadetois and Bernadetoises .

geography

Bernadets-Dessus is about 19 kilometers east of Tarbes in the historic county of Bigorre .

Bernadets-Dessus is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

	Orieux	Bonnefont
Moulédous		Montastruc
Peyraub	Tournay	Castle

Bernadets-Dessus is located in the catchment areas of the Garonne and Adour rivers .

The Lizon, a tributary of the Baïse , crosses the territory of the commune, as does the Allier and Bouès , tributaries of the Arros .

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Bernadets-Dessus

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Vernadèth Dessús. The first part of the name has its origin in Gascognischen vèrn ( German alder ) with a suffix -etam and a diminishing suffix -èth , which emerged from the Latin suffix -ellum . It can therefore be translated as "small alder forest". The second part of the name is a derivation of the Gascognischen dessús ("south" in relation to Bernadets-Debat).

A nickname of the residents of the community is Eths abisma-bròia ( German, the fat eaters of the Bròia ). The Bròia is a traditionally prepared soup made from corn bread ( devath ) in Bigorre . Another nickname is Eths carboèrs ( German die Köhler ), an indication that in earlier times almost all residents of the community were wood hewers and charcoal burners .

Toponyms and mentions of Bernadets-Dessus were:

Bernadeds (1285, census of the nobility in Bigorre),
De Bernardetz Superiori (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list ),
de Bernadetz Superiori and Bernadetz (Tax List Debita regi Navarre ),
De Bernadeto (1342, Tarbes Parish Register),
Bernadetz Sobiran and Bernadetz , (1429, census list of the county of Bigorre),
Bernadets Dessus (1750 and 1793, map by Cassini and Notice Communale, respectively ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 450 by the middle of the 19th century. Subsequently, the size of the community decreased to 140 inhabitants with short recovery phases by the first decade of the 21st century, before a phase of slight recovery began.