Cazarilh

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Cazarilh
Casarilh
Coat of arms of Cazarilh
Cazarilh (France)
Cazarilh
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association Neste Barousse
Coordinates 42 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 35'  E
height 578-1,587 m
surface 3.06 km 2
Residents 53 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65370
INSEE code

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Cazarilh ( Gaskognisch Casarilh ) is a French commune with 53 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 .

geography

Cazarilh is located about 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 community consists of the village of Cazarilh and a few individual farms. Large parts of the mountain slopes are forested. The highest point in the municipality is the Sommet d'Esclete . In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D924 a few kilometers west of the N125 .

history

Finds from Gallo-Roman times and a barrow show early settlement. A place Casaylhio is mentioned for the first time in 1387 in the church register of Comminges. 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, Cazarilh 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 1841 1881 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 179 181 317 283 81 65 50 48 39 32 37 50
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin village church
  • Soupène grotto
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • several wayside crosses

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Memorial to the Fallen