Estaing (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Estaing
Coat of arms of Estaing
Estaing (France)
Estaing
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton La Vallée des Gaves
Community association Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates 42 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  W
height 906-2,960 m
surface 71.53 km 2
Residents 83 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1 inhabitant / km 2
Post Code 65400
INSEE code 65169

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Estaing

Estaing is a French commune with 83 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 Argelès-Gazost and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves (until 2015: canton of Aucun ).

The inhabitants are called Estaingeois and Estaingeoises .

geography

Estaing is about ten kilometers southwest of Argelès-Gazost in the historic Bigorre province . The municipality borders on the autonomous community of Aragon in northern Spain to the south . The southern part of the municipality is part of the Pyrenees National Park .

Estaing is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Aucun Bun
Sireix 		Arras-en-Lavedan
Arrens-Marsous Neighboring communities Cauterets
Sallent de Gállego
(Spain)
Pic de Cambalès

The highest point of the municipality is on the summit of the Pic de Cambalès ( 2965  m ).

Lac d'Estaing

Estaing lies in the catchment area of the Adour River .

The Gave d'Estaing, also known as the Gave de Labat de Bun on its upper reaches, is a tributary of the Gave d'Azun and has its source in Estaing. Its tributaries cross the territory of the municipality:

  • the Ruisseau du Pic Arrouy,
  • the Ruisseau de Malh Ardoun,
  • the Ruisseau de Garren Blanc,
  • the Ruisseau de Coudé,
  • the Ruisseau de Bayelle,
  • the Ruisseau d'Aumède,
  • the Ruisseau de Cradey,
  • the Ruisseau de Laur,
  • the Ruisseau des Boussus,
  • the Ruisseau de Bergouey,
  • the Ruisseau Hadernes and
  • the Ruisseau de Larrode.

The Gave de Cauterets , a tributary of the Gave de Pau , also irrigates the municipality along with its tributaries,

  • the Gave de Cambalès with its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau de Bassia,
  • the Ruisseau du Pourtet and
  • the Gave de Cambasque with its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau d'Ilhéou.

history

The municipality was founded in 1836 on the basis of parts of the municipal areas of Aucun and Bun (Labat d'Aucun and Labat de Bun).

Population development

When the municipality was founded, the number of inhabitants reached its highest level of around 440. In the period that followed, the size of the municipality fell to around 65 inhabitants with short recovery phases by the turn of the millennium, before a phase of moderate growth began, which continues today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 153 122 101 91 86 67 73 76 83
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

  • Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

  • entrance

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Estaing 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 = 23

sport and freetime

The GR 10 , a GR long-distance hiking trail from Hendaye to Banyuls-sur-Mer , runs through the center of the municipality.

The GR de Pays Tour du Val d'Azun long-distance hiking trail also leads through the center of Estaing.

traffic

Estaing can be reached via Route départementale 103, which ends here near Lac d'Estaing.

Web links

Commons : Estaing  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Estaing ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Notice Communale Estaing ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Estaing (65169) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Estaing (65169) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  7. ^ La Grande Traversée des Pyrénées ( fr ) Association Les Amis GRdistes. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ GRP Val d'Azun ( fr ) Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre (FFRandonnée / FFRP). Retrieved November 13, 2019.