Grailhen

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Grailhen
Grailhen coat of arms
Grailhen (France)
Grailhen
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association Aure Louron
Coordinates 42 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 22'  E
height 1,000–1,728 m
surface 6.06 km 2
Residents 22 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65170
INSEE code 65208

View over the village

Grailhen is a French commune with 22 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 canton of Neste, Aure et Louron .

geography

The municipality is located in the historic province of Bigorre in the Pays d'Aure countryside .

Bazus aure Gouaux Avajan
Camparan
Guchan 		Neighboring communities Viel-Louron
Cazaux-Fréchet-Anéran-Camors
Estensan Acet Adervielle-Pouchergues

The municipality's capital is around 1100  m on the left flank of the Vallée d'Aure , through which the Neste d'Aure river runs. The place is about 43 kilometers southeast of Lourdes . The municipality has an extremely low population density.

Population development

The development of the population is known from censuses that have been carried out since 1793. In the 21st century, censuses are conducted every five years in municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, and every year in larger cities.

year 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 51 39 30th 28 18th 15th 11 8th 12 15th 20th

Attractions

Church in Grailhen

The municipality has several cultural monuments that are classified as Monument historique .

  • Église Saint-Martin de Grailhen ( German : Church of St. Martin in Grailhen ), Romanesque church from the 12th century with renovations in the 16th and 17th centuries

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grailhen on insee.fr
  2. ↑ Entry No. 65208 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Grailhen  - collection of images, videos and audio files