Lafitole

Lafitole
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais
Community association	Adour Madiran
Coordinates	43 ° 27 ' N , 0 ° 4' E Coordinates: 43 ° 27 ' N , 0 ° 4' E
height	180-239 m
surface	8.69 km 2
Residents	477 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	55 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65700
INSEE code	65243
	; Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Lafitole

Lafitole is a French commune with 477 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie 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 Maubourguet ).

The inhabitants are called Lafitolais and Lafitolaises .

geography

Lafitole is located about 24 kilometers north of Tarbes in the Rivière-Basse natural landscape on the north-western edge of the department

Lafitole is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Maubourguet		Sauveterre
		Monfaucon
Nouilhan	Vic-en-Bigorre	Gensac

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 1,020 by the first half of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell with short recovery phases until the 1990s to a low of around 360 inhabitants before a growth phase began.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	420	387	385	408	361	377	431	492	477

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

Parish church de l'Assomption

Attractions

Parish church de l'Assomption

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Lafitole 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 = 49

school-building

education

The municipality has the public preschool and primary school "RPI".

traffic

Lafitole can be reached via routes départementales 8, 55 and 56.

Personalities

Jean Desbons, born on February 1, 1891 in Lafitole, died on November 19, 1967 in Paris , was a lawyer and French politician. He was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 for his services in the First World War , and the Médaille des évadés for his escape after his capture . He also received the Officer's Order of the Legion of Honor . Jean Desbons was during the Third French Republic from April 22, 1928 to May 31, 1932 and from May 3, 1936 to 31, 1942 a member of the département in the National Assembly . On July 10, 1940, he voted for the general authorization in favor of Philippe Pétain , which effectively ended the Third French Republic. For this reason, after the end of the Second World War, he no longer obtained a political mandate.