Ferrières (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Ferrières
Coat of arms of Ferrières
Ferrières (France)
Ferrières
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 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

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)
Neighboring communities 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
Residents 240 190 149 135 112 110 113 108 90
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006
Parish Church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

Economy and Infrastructure

Ossau-Iraty different degrees of ripeness

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 .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 17
school-building

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

Commons : Ferrières  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information commune de Ferrières ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. Notice Communale Ferrières ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. Populations légales 2016 Commune de Ferrières (65176) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  4. 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.
  5. Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Ferrières (65176) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  6. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  7. Jean Espagnolle (1829-1918) . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved November 14, 2019.