Bertren
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Barousse | |
| Community association | Neste Barousse | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 442-894 m | |
| surface | 2.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 174 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65370 | |
| INSEE code | 65087 | |
Bertren ( Gaskognisch same name) is a French commune with 174 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the municipality of Neste Barousse . Its inhabitants call themselves Bertrenois / Bertrenoises .
geography
Bertren is located around 51 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The place is west of the Garonne , which in parts forms the eastern municipal boundary. The community consists of the street village Bertren and a few individual farmsteads and is forested on the mountain slopes. The highest point in the municipality is the Cap de Picon . In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D825 west of the N125 .
history
A church Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Berennio / Bertrennio is first mentioned in 1384. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Bertren was from 1793 to 2015 within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1831 | 1891 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 201 | 188 | 305 | 266 | 204 | 243 | 250 | 253 | 255 | 214 | 195 | 209 | 210 |
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Attractions
- 19th century village church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Memorial to the Fallen
- a wayside cross on the Rue Nationale
