Lacassagne

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Lacassagne (disambiguation) .

Lacassagne La Cassanha
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais
Community association	Adour Madiran
Coordinates	43 ° 21 '  N , 0 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 21 '  N , 0 ° 9'  E
height	219-299 m
surface	6.65 km 2
Residents	232 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	35 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65140
INSEE code	65242
Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Lacassagne

Lacassagne ( Occitan : La Cassanha ) is a French commune with 232 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais (until 2015: canton of Rabastens-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Lacassagnais and Lacassagnaises .

geography

Lacassagne is located about 15 kilometers northeast of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre on the northern edge of the department.

Lacassagne is surrounded by the five neighboring municipalities:

	Rabastens-de-Bigorre	Mingot
Escondeaux		Sénac
	Lescurry

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 500 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to its lowest level with 175 inhabitants, with brief recovery phases by the 1960s. It started a relatively short growth phase with a relative high of around 215 inhabitants in the 1980s. Until the turn of the millennium, the size of the community stagnated before a new phase of growth developed, which continues today.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	175	184	202	214	198	175	192	218	232

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Parish Church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

Attractions

• Parish Church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

Economy and Infrastructure

Lacassagne is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 19

traffic

Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie bus

Lacassagne can be reached via Routes départementales 4, 5 and 304 and Route nationale 21 .

The commune is also connected to other communes in the départements and the neighboring département Gers by a line of the Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie bus network from Auch to Tarbes .

Web links

Commons : Lacassagne  - Collection of Images

• Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)
• Website of the Lignes intermodales d'Occitanie (LIO) bus network (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Information commune de Lacassagne ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2019.
3. ↑ Notice Communale Lacassagne ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 20, 2019.
4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Lacassagne (65242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2019.
5. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 20, 2019.
6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lacassagne (65242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2019.