Bours (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Bours
Borç
Bours coat of arms
Bours (France)
Bours
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Bordères-sur-l'Échez
Community association Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 16 '  N , 0 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 16 '  N , 0 ° 6'  E
height 267-290 m
surface 4.68 km 2
Residents 829 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 177 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65460
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairie-bours65.fr/

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Bours ( Occitan : Borç ) is a French commune with 829 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées municipal association founded in 2015 . The inhabitants are called boursois .

geography

Bours is located in the Bigorre landscape , about five kilometers north-northeast of Tarbes on the Adour . Bours is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bazet in the north and north-west, Aurensan in the north and north-east, Orleix in the east, Aureilhan in the south, Tarbes in the south-west and Bordères-sur-l'Échez in the west and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 374 371 524 547 602 715 715 783 811
Source: Annuaire-mairie and INSEE

Attractions

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
  • Lake of Bours

supporting documents

  1. Bours on annuaire-mairie.fr
  2. Bours on insee, fr

Web links

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