Esbareich

Esbareich ; Esbarèish
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association	Neste Barousse
Coordinates	42 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 34' E Coordinates: 42 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 34' E
height	614-1,675 m
surface	8.68 km 2
Residents	82 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	9 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65370
INSEE code	65158
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Esbareich

Esbareich ( Gaskognisch Esbarèish ) is a French commune with 82 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 . Its inhabitants are called Esbaraichais / Esbaraichaises .

geography

Esbareich is located around 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 Esbareich and a few groups of houses and individual farmsteads. Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The L'Ourse de Sost runs through the municipality northwards and partially forms the municipality boundary. The highest point of the municipality is the Cap de Pouy de Hourmigé in the southeast of the municipality. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D22 and only a few kilometers west of the N125 .

history

The place is mentioned indirectly (de Stovarex ) by name for the first time around the year 980 in the Lézat copy book . 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, Esbareich was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1846	1911	1921	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	396	379	599	405	241	104	97	60	47	53	61	91	80
Sources: Cassini and INSEE