Caixon

Caixon
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Vic-en-Bigorre
Community association	Adour Madiran
Coordinates	43 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ E
height	192-317 m
surface	8.55 km 2
Residents	375 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65500
INSEE code	65119
	; View of the center of Caixon

Caixon is a French commune with 375 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 Vic-en-Bigorre .

The inhabitants are called Caixonais and Caixonaises .

geography

Caixon is located about 20 kilometers north of Tarbes in the historic province of Bigorre on the western border with the neighboring department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques .

Caixon is surrounded by the five neighboring communities:

	Larreule	Nouilhan
Labatut (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Lamayou (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)		Vic-en-Bigorre

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 580 by the second half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 315 with brief recovery phases until after the Second World War , before a relatively short growth phase into the The 1960s began and by the 1980s the size dropped back to around 305 inhabitants. Thereafter, a new phase of growth extended until the end of the first decade of the 19th century, before the population recorded a decline that continues to this day.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	359	356	342	304	350	377	383	404	375

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Attractions

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Caixon 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 = 48

school-building

education

The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 12 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Caixon can be reached via Routes départementales 4, 7 and 60 (Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 407).

Web links

Commons : Caixon - collection of images

Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)

Individual evidence

^ Informations sur la commune de Caixon ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
↑ Notice Communale Caixon ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Caixon (65119) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Caixon (65119) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

[1] Informations sur la commune de Caixon ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[cassini-2] Notice Communale Caixon ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[3] Populations légales 2016 Commune de Caixon (65119) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[4] Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[5] Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Caixon (65119) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[6] École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.