Gaudent
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Barousse | |
| Community association | Neste Barousse | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ E | |
| height | 500-1,079 m | |
| surface | 1.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 39 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65370 | |
| INSEE code | 65186 | |
Gaudent ( Gaskognisch same name) is a French commune with 39 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the municipality of Neste Barousse . Its inhabitants call themselves Gaudentais / Gaudentaises .
geography
Gaudent is located around 48 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The community consists of the village of Gaudent and a few individual farms. Large parts of the mountain slopes are forested. The highest point of the municipality is the Pic de Cau on the northern municipality boundary . In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D324 a few kilometers west of the N125 .
history
The place is first mentioned as de Gaudento in the year 1387 in the church register of Comminges. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Gaudent was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1821 | 1866 | 1872 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 141 | 122 | 182 | 150 | 133 | 45 | 50 | 49 | 40 | 40 | 34 | 45 | 47 | 45 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame chapel, Plan d'Ilheu
- Village chapel
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
- Crossroads on the D324
- Lavoir (wash house)
