Ilheu
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Barousse | |
| Community association | Neste Barousse | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 520-894 m | |
| surface | 2.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 38 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65370 | |
| INSEE code | 65229 | |
Ilheu ( Gaskognisch Ilhèu ) is a French commune with 38 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the municipality of Neste Barousse . Its residents call themselves Ilhous / Ilhouses .
geography
Ilheu is located around 50 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The community consists of the village of Ilheu and three individual farmsteads. Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The highest point in the municipality is the Cap de Picon . In terms of traffic, the community is on the D22.
history
The place is first mentioned by name as Illeu in the year 1235/1236 in Bonnefont's documents. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, from 1793 to 2015 Ilheu was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1846 | 1856 | 1921 | 1926 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 178 | 155 | 217 | 213 | 102 | 71 | 36 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 19th | 39 | 40 | 38 |
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Attractions
- Saints-Cyr-et-Juliette village church
- Wayside cross north of the village
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
