Campan (Hautes-Pyrénées)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Haute-Bigorre | |
| Community association | Haute-Bigorre | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 11 ′ E | |
| height | 629–2,747 m | |
| surface | 95.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,332 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65710 | |
| INSEE code | 65123 | |
Campan is a French commune in the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ) in the Central Pyrenees . Culturally, it is part of the Bigorre region . It has 1,332 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), was the main town of the canton of Campan until March 2015 and is now part of the canton of La Haute-Bigorre .
geography
The municipality of Campan is made up of various villages on the northwest flank of the Col d'Aspin . The place is on the Adour River . Nearby are the ski resorts of La Mongie , Tarbes , and Lourdes .
Districts
The villages follow from the valley uphill at different heights:
- Le Bourg (town hall, altitude 650 m)
- St. Roch
- Galade
- Rimoula
- Ste Marie de Campan (850 m, junction to Tourmalet and Pic du Midi de Bigorre , 2,877 m; see below)
- Les Artigaux
- La Séoube (960 m)
- Payolle (1130 m; named for the Vallée de Payolle; outside the municipality also with Espiadet, Pradille, Castelnau, le Sarrat de Bon, la Laurence, La Séoube, le Taillat, Estupas)
and
- Pas de la Barane
- Cabadur
- Flu (1022 m)
- Artigues (1200 m) at the foot of the Col du Tourmalet (on to La Mongie)
Campan has another special feature under local law. Its territory is divided into two constituencies with their own mayors, etc.: Le bourg and Sainte-Marie / La Séoube
Ste Marie de Campan
In this district, a plaque commemorates the tour of 1913. Eugène Christophe , known as le Vieux Gaulois (old Gaul), forged the fork on his racing bike, which had broken in an accident with a car, and was able to ride in front of the tour officials Continue like this with a loss of four hours - but with no prospect of victory. This time he finished seventh overall.
economy
Traditionally, the income of the residents is characterized by forest and pasture farming (milk / cheese and wool). Then there was tourism in the 20th century .
Sports
The entire deep snow area is open to skiers .
Almost every year in July, the municipality plays a role for the international cycling community in the Tour de France , because it is at the entrance to two important passes of the Pyrenees: the Col d'Aspin at 1,489 m and the Tourmalet at 2,115 m . They mostly count for the mountain classification and the entire course of the race has already been decided several times on them.
