Ger (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Ger
Coat of arms of Ger
Ger (France)
Ger
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton Lourdes-2
Community association Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  W
height 390-720 m
surface 1.94 km 2
Residents 156 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 80 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65100
INSEE code 65197

View of the center of Ger

Ger is a French commune with 156 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the Lourdes-2 canton (until 2015: Lourdes-Est canton ).

The inhabitants are called Gérois and Géroises .

geography

Ger is located about five kilometers south of Lourdes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Ger is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Lugagnan Saint-Créac
Viger Neighboring communities
Agos-Vidalos Geu Berberust Lias

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 225 in the second half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to a low of around 115, before a period of growth, with brief recovery periods until the 1960s , which has shown strong growth, especially at the turn of the millennium, but has recently shown a certain stagnation.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 113 117 125 130 118 128 165 177 156
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint-Gilles

  • Parish Church of Saint-Gilles

  • Bell tower

  • Entrance portal

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Ger 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 = 21

traffic

Ger is crossed by Routes départementales 13, 713 and the four-lane 821, the former Route nationale 21 .

Personalities

René Sylvain Edouard Billères, born on August 29, 1910 in Ger, died on October 2, 2004 in Lourdes, was a French politician. During the Second World War he was captured as an officer and held in German officers' camps. He was from 1946 to 1958 a member of the département in the National Assembly and from June 22, 1956 to May 14, 1958 Minister of Education, Youth and Sport. From September 22, 1974 to October 2, 1983 he was a member of the French Senate .

Web links

Commons : Ger  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Informations sur la commune de Ger ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ Notice Communale Ger ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Ger (65197) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 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 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Ger (65197) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  7. ^ René, Sylvain, Edouard Billères ( fr ) French National Assembly . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ BILLERES René ( fr ) Senate . Retrieved November 18, 2019.