Germs-sur-l'Oussouet
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
Canton | Lourdes-2 | |
Community association | Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 3 ' N , 0 ° 4' E | |
height | 555-1,499 m | |
surface | 12.96 km 2 | |
Residents | 110 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 8 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 65200 | |
INSEE code | 65200 | |
View of the center of Germs-sur-l'Oussouet |
Germs-sur-l'Oussouet is a French commune with 110 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 Germsiens and Germsiennes .
geography
Germs-sur-l'Oussouet is located about ten kilometers southeast of Lourdes in the historic county of Bigorre .
Germs-sur-l'Oussouet is surrounded by the seven neighboring municipalities:
Arrodets-ez-Angles Cheust |
Neuilh | Labassère |
Ourdis-Cotdoussan | ||
Gazost | Bagneres-de-Bigorre |
Population development
After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 670 in the second half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 100 inhabitants during short recovery periods until the beginning of the 21st century, before becoming more recently rose again to around 110 inhabitants.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 211 | 208 | 134 | 128 | 122 | 118 | 129 | 99 | 110 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of Saint-Jacques
Economy and Infrastructure
Germs-sur-l'Oussouet is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .
education
The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 10 pupils in the 2019/2020 school year.
sport and freetime
The long-distance hiking trail GR 78, called La voie des Piémonts , leads from Carcassonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, also through the center of Germs-sur-l'Oussouet. It is considered the Camino de Santiago alongside the four main routes in France.
traffic
Germs-sur-l'Oussouet can be reached via Routes départementales 18, 88, 99 and 299.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information commune de Germs-Sur-L'Oussouet ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ Notice Communale Germs-sur-l'Oussouet ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Germs-sur-l'Oussouet (65200) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 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 18, 2019.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Germs-sur-l'Oussouet (65200) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ La voie des Piémonts ( fr ) Agence de Coopération Interrégionale et Réseau “Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle”. Retrieved November 18, 2019.