Cheust

Cheust
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	Lourdes-2
Community association	Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates	43 ° 3 ' N , 0 ° 1' E Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ' N , 0 ° 1' E
height	532-862 m
surface	3.06 km 2
Residents	86 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65100
INSEE code	65144
	; View of the center of Cheust

Cheust is a French commune with 86 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the Lourdes-2 canton (until 2015: Lourdes-Est canton ).

The inhabitants are called Cheustois and Cheustoises or Celtiens and Celtiennes .

geography

Cheust is located about seven kilometers southeast of Lourdes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Cheust is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Juncalas	Sère-Lanso
		Arrodets-ez-Angles
Gazost	Ourdis-Cotdoussan	Germs-sur-l'Oussouet

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a peak of 310 at the beginning of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 85 inhabitants with short recovery phases up to the beginning of the 21st century.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	131	108	96	104	97	94	87	82	86

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

Parish Church of Saint-Celse

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Celse

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Cheust 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 = 7

Camino de Santiago logo

sport and freetime

The long-distance hiking trail GR 78, called La voie des Piémonts , leads from Carcassonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port also through the center of Cheust. It is considered the Camino de Santiago alongside the four main routes in France.

traffic

Cheust can be reached via the routes départementales 7, 26 and 207.

Web links

Commons : Cheust - collection of images

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

Individual evidence

↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
^ Informations sur la commune de Cheust ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
↑ Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 8, 2019.
↑ Notice Communale Cheust ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 8, 2019.
↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Cheust (65144) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 8, 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 8, 2019.
↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Cheust (65144) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 8, 2019.
↑ La voie des Piémonts ( fr ) Agence de Coopération Interrégionale et Réseau “Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle”. Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[1] Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[2] Informations sur la commune de Cheust ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[3] Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[cassini-4] Notice Communale Cheust ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[5] Populations légales 2016 Commune de Cheust (65144) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[6] Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[7] Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Cheust (65144) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[8] La voie des Piémonts ( fr ) Agence de Coopération Interrégionale et Réseau “Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle”. Retrieved November 8, 2019.