Izaourt

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Izaourt
Isaort
Coat of arms of Izaourt
Izaourt (France)
Izaourt
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 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

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

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Commemorative plaque for the fallen