Izaourt
Izaourt Isaort |
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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 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ E | |
height | 444-746 m | |
surface | 2.41 km 2 | |
Residents | 257 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 107 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 65370 | |
INSEE code | 65230 | |
Memorial to the Fallen |
Izaourt ( Isaort in Gaskognisch ) is a French commune with 257 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 .
geography
Izaourt is located around 49 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The place is on the river Ourse west of the Garonne . The community consists of the settlements Castans and Izaourt as well as a few individual farmsteads and is forested on the mountain slopes. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D26 west of the N125 .
history
The community is first mentioned in the Lézat copial book in 1241 under the name Isaort . 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, Izaourt was from 1793 to 2015 within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.
Population development
year | 1793 | 1851 | 1861 | 1886 | 1911 | 1921 | 1936 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
Residents | 286 | 420 | 386 | 226 | 270 | 218 | 249 | 228 | 209 | 197 | 205 | 235 | 232 | 233 | 249 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint Laurent village church
- Lavoir (wash house)
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
- a wayside cross north of the village