Grate

Grate
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 2' E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 2' E
height	816–2,527 m
surface	9.52 km 2
Residents	37 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	4 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65120
INSEE code	65210
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Grust ( Gaskognisch same name) is a French commune with 37 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves (until 2015 canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur ).

location

Grust is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 39 kilometers (as the crow flies) south-southwest of Tarbes . The place is located on the eastern slope of the Soum d'Arriou Né mountain (2577 meters above sea level) and also in the Pyrenees National Park . It is part of the Lavedan region and its sub-region Vallée de Barège .

The community consists of the village of Grust, the ski station Station de Luz-Ardiden and numerous individual farms.

history

In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. A sub-area of this rule was the Lavedan region , to which Grust belonged. During the Hundred Years War , Grust was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the county of Bigorre to the county of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry II of the House of Bourbon, ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV) in 1589, the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. It was also part of the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur from 1793 to 2015 (1793–1962 under the name of Canton Luz ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Grust was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost since 1801. First mentioned by name as Anerius de Grus in the copy book of Saint-Savin in 1077/1078.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1806	1841	1861	1872	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	169	149	175	165	189	184	72	66	63	54	44	40	47	46
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In the 19th century the place always had well over 100 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

Saint-Martin village church

Web links

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