Lannemezan

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Lannemezan
Lanamesa
Coat of arms of Lannemezan
Lannemezan (France)
Lannemezan
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de la Barousse (main town)
Community association Plateau de Lannemezan
Coordinates 43 ° 7 '  N , 0 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 7 '  N , 0 ° 23'  E
height 442-647 m
surface 19.03 km 2
Residents 5,837 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 307 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65300
INSEE code
Website http://www.lannemezan.fr

Lannemezan ( Occitan Lanamesa ) is a French city with 5837 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de la Barousse .

geography

Lannemezan is a bastide between the cities of Tarbes and Toulouse , on the national road 117 and the Autoroute A 64 north of the Pyrenees . It gives its name to the Lannemezan plateau , on which a large number of rivers have their source. The city itself is crossed by the Petite Baïse and Baïse Darré rivers .

Population development

  • 1793: 767
  • 1887: 1924
  • 1936: 2529
  • 1962: 7378
  • 1975: 8385
  • 1990: 6704
  • 2008: 6446
  • 2016: 5865
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

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