Hourc

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Hourc
Lo Horc
Hourc Coat of Arms
Hourc (France)
Hourc
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Les Coteaux
Community association Coteaux du Val d'Arros
Coordinates 43 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 10 ′  E
height 266-406 m
surface 2 km 2
Residents 109 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 55 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65350
INSEE code 65225

The Mairie from Hourc

Hourc ( Occitan Lo Horc ) is a French commune with 109 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and to the community association Coteaux du Val d'Arros, founded in 2016 .

geography

View of Hourc

The municipality of Hourc is located in the north of the Bigorre landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees , about twelve kilometers east of the departmental capital, Tarbes . The municipal area of ​​just two square kilometers is bordered to the east by the Estéous River , a tributary of the Adour . Hourc has an east-west extension of almost five kilometers, but is only 300 to 400 meters wide in a north-south direction. Hourc is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pouyastruc in the north, Marquerie in the northeast, Coussan in the east, Souyeaux in the south and Lizos in the west.

Place name

In 1313, the place name first appeared in Latin as De Forqueto . In 1342 the name De Furno appeared. 1429 was attributed Deu Forc or Gascon Lo Forc . In 1738 the parish was named Paroisse du Hourc in a parish register . About Lehourc (1790) and Le Hourc on a Cassini map from the late 18th century, the spelling of the place name at the time the church was founded in 1793 developed into Hourc, which is still used today . It is assumed that the gas cognic horc arose from the Latin furcum for holt, forest .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 95 78 74 75 104 104 108 111
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste church
  • Lavoir
  • Fallen memorial

  • Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste church

  • Lavoir

  • Fallen memorial

Economy and Infrastructure

Hourc has a rural character. Nine farms are located in the municipality (grain cultivation, cattle breeding, dairy farming).

The D5 trunk road from Rabastens-de-Bigorre to Bagnères-de-Bigorre runs through the municipality of Hourc . In Séméac , ten kilometers away, there is a connection to the A64 autoroute . The nearest train station on the Toulouse – Bayonne railway line is in nearby Tarbes .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Michel Grosclaude and Jean-Francois Le Nai : Intégrant les travaux de Jacques Boisgontier, Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarbes, Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000, p. 348 ( ISBN 2-9514810-1-2 , notice BnF no FRBNF37213307)
  2. ↑ Hourc on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Hourc on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Hourc  - collection of images