Esterre

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Esterre
Estêrra
Esterre coat of arms
Esterre (France)
Esterre
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton La Vallée des Gaves
Community association Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 0'  E
height 720-1,987 m
surface 1.74 km 2
Residents 191 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 110 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65120
INSEE code 65173

Ruins of the Chateau de Sainte-Marie

Esterre ( Gaskognisch Estêrra ) is a French commune with 191 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .

location

Esterre is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 40 km (as the crow flies) south of Tarbes . The place is located on the north-western slope of the Soum de la Courbe mountain (1987 m. Above sea ​​level) near the Bastan river and also in the Pyrenees National Park . It is part of the Lavedan region and its sub-region Vallée de Barège . The highest point of the municipality is the mountain peak of the Soum de la Courbe in the very southeast of the municipality.

The community consists of the village of Esterre and numerous individual farms.

history

In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. A sub-area of ​​this rule was the Lavedan region , which Esterre was part of. During the Hundred Years War Esterre was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the county of Bigorre to the county of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry II of the House of Bourbon, ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV) in 1589, the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur from 1793 to 2015 (1793–1962 under the name of Canton Luz ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Esterre was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost from 1801. First indirect mention by name in the green book of Bénac, in which a Bernardus de Bilar is listed.

Population development

year 1793 1821 1831 1836 1846 1861 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 232 245 312 301 335 300 173 300 210 188 151 135 189 199 206 195
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In the 19th century the place had over 300 inhabitants at times. The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

  • Romanesque village church of Saint-Étienne (12th century)
  • Ruins of the Chateau de Sainte-Marie castle from the 10th century; a monument historique since 1930
  • numerous old houses
  • Village fountain
  • Lavoir in the village center

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ short description (French)