Loures-Barousse
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Barousse | |
| Community association | Neste Barousse | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 435-464 m | |
| surface | 2.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 626 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 290 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65370 | |
| INSEE code | 65287 | |
| Website | http://www.loures-barousse.fr/ | |
 Loures-Barousse |
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Loures-Barousse ( Gascon Loras ) is a French commune with 626 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 municipality of Neste Barousse . Its inhabitants call themselves Lourais / Louraises .
geography
Loures-Barousse is located around 49 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The community consists of the village of Loures-Barousse, a few groups of houses and individual farmsteads. The Garonne forms the eastern municipal boundary. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D825 west of the N125 .
history
Finds such as an ax made of bronze and the remains of a sarcophagus from Gallo-Roman times prove an early settlement. The place is first mentioned as Lora / Lura in the 15th century. It was created around a Saint-Roch chapel. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Loures-Barousse was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1851 | 1872 | 1891 | 1896 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 354 | 501 | 413 | 411 | 515 | 675 | 596 | 674 | 752 | 669 | 586 | 720 | 733 | 730 | 611 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Roch village church ; Wooden statue from the 17th century, a monument historique since 1984
- Chapel at the Chemin de Saint-James
- Château Pradias (now a guest house)
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Wayside cross in the Chemin de Saint-James
- Palouma Manor from the 17th century
