Canton of Ossun
Canton of Ossun | |
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region | Occitania |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Arrondissement | Tarbes |
main place | Ossun |
Residents | 13,127 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 94 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 139.66 km² |
Communities | 17th |
INSEE code | 6509 |
![]() Location of the canton of Ossun in the Hautes-Pyrénées department |
The canton of Ossun is a French constituency in the Arrondissement of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; its main town is Ossun .
geography
The canton is located in the west of the department. In the west it borders on the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department , in the north on the canton Bordères-sur-l'Échez , in the northeast on the canton Aureilhan , in the east on the canton Laloubère , in the southeast on the canton Bagnères-de-Bigorre and in the South to the cantons of Lourdes-Ouest and Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre . The communes of Gardères, Luquet and Séron form an exclave of the canton in the area of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Its area is between 290 m in Séron and 623 m in Averan above sea level .
history
The canton was established in 1790 and its size changed in 1801. Since then there have been no changes. When the cantons in France were reorganized in 2015, the canton of Ossun was one of the few areas that remained unchanged.
Communities
The canton consists of 17 municipalities with a total of 13,127 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 139.66 km 2 :
local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Averan | 68 | 4.35 | 16 | 65052 | 65380 |
Azereix | 986 | 15.20 | 65 | 65057 | 65380 |
Barry | 125 | 2.54 | 49 | 65067 | 65380 |
Bénac | 548 | 7.93 | 69 | 65080 | 65380 |
Gardères | 443 | 15.23 | 29 | 65185 | 65320 |
Hibarette | 246 | 1.53 | 161 | 65220 | 65380 |
Juillan | 4.106 | 8.20 | 501 | 65235 | 65290 |
Lamarque-Pontacq | 852 | 10.85 | 79 | 65252 | 65380 |
Lanne | 588 | 5.75 | 102 | 65257 | 65380 |
Layrisse | 185 | 3.33 | 56 | 65268 | 65380 |
Loucrup | 228 | 3.62 | 63 | 65281 | 65200 |
Louey | 990 | 6.06 | 163 | 65284 | 65290 |
Luquet | 397 | 8.17 | 49 | 65292 | 65320 |
Orincles | 330 | 5.86 | 56 | 65339 | 65380 |
Ossun | 2,368 | 27.59 | 86 | 65344 | 65380 |
Seron | 327 | 9.29 | 35 | 65422 | 65320 |
Viscose | 340 | 4.16 | 82 | 65479 | 65200 |
Canton of Ossun | 13,127 | 139.66 | 94 | 6509 | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 6516.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | 2014 |
Residents | 7,800 | 8.002 | 8,348 | 9,830 | 10,867 | 11,313 | 12,155 | 12,908 | 13,011 |
Source: INSEE |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the six candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Georges Astuguevieille / Catherine Villegas (both DVDs) won against Emilie Favaro / Michel Ricaud (both PRG) with a share of the vote of 50.97% (turnout: 58.93%).
Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:
Representative in the conseil général (1) of the département | ||
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Term of office | Surname | Political party |
Oct 1945 - Dec 1945 | Jean Peyou | radical |
1945-1954 | Marcel Peyou | radical |
1954-1992 | Hubert Peyou | MRP , then MRG |
1992-1998 | Pierre Châ | UDF |
1998-2015 | Robert Vignes | PRG |
2015– | Georges Astuguevieille Catherine Villegas |
DVD DVD |
(1) since 2015 Department Council