Hibarette

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Hibarette
Hibarèta
Coat of arms of Hibarette
Hibarette (France)
Hibarette
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Ossun
Community association Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E
height 333-468 m
surface 1.53 km 2
Residents 246 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 161 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65380
INSEE code 65220

Mairie Hibarette

Hibarette ( Occitan Hibarèta ) is a French commune with 246 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality is part of the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées municipal association founded in 2016 .

geography

View of Hibarette

The municipality of Hibarette is located in the north of the Bigorre landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees , about six kilometers south of the capital of the department Tarbes and ten kilometers northeast of the pilgrimage site of Lourdes . The Échez flows through the northwest of the 1.53 km² municipal area . Hibarette is surrounded by the neighboring communities Louey in the north, Saint-Martin in the east and Bénac in the southwest.

Place name

Place name Hibarete on the Cassini map (1756–1789)

The name is derived from the Latin Ripa fracta = steep Bamk . The village was first mentioned in 1065 as Aribafreyta . The name developed from De Ripa Freyta (1313), De Ribafracta (1342), de Rippa Fracta (1379), Ribafreyte and Riba Freyte (1429) to the names Hibaréte (1768) and Hibarete (at the end of the 18th Century).

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 133 121 124 157 164 187 220 246
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Etienne church
  • Oratorio
  • Fallen memorial

  • Saint-Etienne church

  • Oratorio

  • Fallen memorial

  • Community ballroom

  • primary school

Economy and Infrastructure

Hibarette is partly rural. Eleven farms are located in the municipality (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).

The municipality of Hibarette has good transport connections. Four kilometers to the west of Lourdes Airport there are connections to the trunk road network ( Route nationale 21 ) and the A64 autoroute . In Tarbes also the nearest railway station is at the Toulouse-Bayonne railway .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Michel Grosclaude and Jean-François Le Nail: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes Pyrénées with the participation of Jacques Boisgontier, General Council of the Hautes Pyrénées, 2000
  2. ↑ Hibarette on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Hibarette on INSEE
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Hibarette  - collection of images