Ferrières (Hautes-Pyrénées)
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
Canton | La Vallée des Gaves | |
Community association | Pays de Nay | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
height | 453-1,848 m | |
surface | 16.97 km 2 | |
Residents | 90 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 65560 | |
INSEE code | 65176 | |
View of the center of Ferrières |
Ferrières is a French commune with 90 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 Ferrièrois and Ferrièroises .
geography
Ferrières is located about 14 kilometers west of Argelès-Gazost in the historical province of Bigorre on the western border with the neighboring department Pyrénées-Atlantiques .
Ferrières is surrounded by the seven neighboring municipalities:
Louvie-Juzon (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) |
Asson (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) |
Salles |
Louvie-Soubiron (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) |
Aucun | |
Arbéost | Arrens-Marsous |
Population development
After the records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a peak of 835 at the beginning of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to less than 100 with short recovery phases.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 240 | 190 | 149 | 135 | 112 | 110 | 113 | 108 | 90 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul
Economy and Infrastructure
Ferrières is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, and the Porc noir de Bigorre pork breed .
education
The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with nine students in the 2019/2020 school year.
traffic
Ferrières can be reached via Route départementale 126.
Personalities
Jean Espagnolle , born on January 5, 1820 in Ferrières, died on October 29, 1918 in Arthez-d'Asson , was a Catholic clergyman, Romance scholar and Bascologist .
Web links
- Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)
- Website of the AOP Ossau-Iraty association (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Information commune de Ferrières ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Notice Communale Ferrières ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Ferrières (65176) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 14, 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 14, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Ferrières (65176) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ↑ Jean Espagnolle (1829-1918) . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved November 14, 2019.