Gardères

Gardères
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Ossun
Community association	Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates	43 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  W
height	337-413 m
surface	15.23 km 2
Residents	443 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65320
INSEE code	65185
Website	www.garderes.fr
Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Gardères

Gardères is a French commune with 443 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 Tarbes and the Canton of Ossun .

The inhabitants are called Gardérois and Gardéroises .

geography

Gardères is located about 16 kilometers west-northwest of Tarbes in an exclave of the department in the neighboring department Pyrénées-Atlantiques .

Gardères is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Eslourenties-Daban (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)	Saubole (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Lourenties (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)		Aast (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
	Luquet	Ger (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 785 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 340 with brief recovery phases until the 1980s, before a phase of growth began that continues today .

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	389	363	343	342	396	381	408	424	443

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

• Gardères Castle from the second half of the 18th century, inscribed as a Monument historique since 1997
• Parish Church of Saint-Julien
• The Gabas reservoir is used for irrigation for agriculture, holds up to 20 million m³ and has four communities as neighbors.

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  Gardères Castle

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  Parish Church of Saint-Julien

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  Gabas reservoir

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Agriculture is one of the most important economic factors in the municipality. The farms occupy an average of 12 hectares or 79% of the municipal area. The number of companies is falling sharply. In 1979 there were 62 farms, in 2015 there were only 31.

Gardères 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 = 54

education

The community has a primary school with 22 students in the 2019/20 school year.

traffic

Gardères can be reached via routes départementales 47, 69 (Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 42) and 70 (Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 311).

Web links

Commons : Gardères  - collection of images

• Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)
• Gardères Castle website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Information commune de Gardères ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
2. ↑ Notice Communale Gardères ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 15, 2019.
3. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Gardères (65185) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 15, 2019.
4. ^ Agriculture ( fr ) municipality of Gardères. Retrieved November 15, 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 15, 2019.
6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Gardères (65185) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 15, 2019.
7. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.