Lescurry

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Lescurry
Lescurry Coat of Arms
Lescurry (France)
Lescurry
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais
Community association Adour Madiran
Coordinates 43 ° 20 '  N , 0 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '  N , 0 ° 9'  E
height 225-315 m
surface 5.02 km 2
Residents 171 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65140
INSEE code 65269

Mayor's Office ( Mairie ) of Lescurry

Lescurry is a French commune with 171 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 Rabastens-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Lescurriens and Lescurriennes .

geography

Lescurry is located about 13 kilometers northeast of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre on the northern edge of the department.

Lescurry is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Lacassagne Sénac
Escondeaux Neighboring communities Mansan
Dours Castéra-Lou Peyrun

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of 365 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to its lowest level with around 150 inhabitants during brief recovery phases by the 1960s. A phase followed with greater fluctuations between around 165 and around 190 residents.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 170 149 149 172 189 163 166 176 171
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Parish Church of Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Martyre-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Economy and Infrastructure

Lescurry 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 = 22
School building in Lescurry

education

The municipality has a public preschool and elementary school with 39 pupils in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Lescurry is crossed by Routes départementales 5 and 27.

Personalities

Mathilde Pomès , born on May 18, 1886 in Lescurry, died in 1977, was a French poet, romance writer , Hispanist and translator.

Web links

Commons : Lescurry  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information commune de Lescurry ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Notice Communale Lescurry ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Lescurry (65269) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 26, 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 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lescurry (65269) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  8. ^ Mathilde Pomès (1886–1977) . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved November 26, 2019.