Merilheu

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Merilheu
Coat of arms of Mérilheu
Mérilheu (France)
Merilheu
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association Communes de la Haute-Bigorre
Coordinates 43 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E
height 449-626 m
surface 3.38 km 2
Residents 253 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 75 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65200
INSEE code 65310
Website Merilheu

View of the center of Mérilheu

Mérilheu is a French commune with 253 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 Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses (until 2015: canton of Bagnères-de-Bigorre ).

The inhabitants are called Mérilhois and Mérilhoises .

geography

Mérilheu is located about four kilometers northeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Mérilheu is surrounded by the five neighboring municipalities:

Orignac Cieutat
Hauban Neighboring communities Argelès-Bagnères
Bagneres-de-Bigorre

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 485 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community sank to its lowest value with around 235 inhabitants, with brief recovery periods until the 1970s, before settling on stabilized a level of around 250 inhabitants, which is still held today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 242 238 233 240 255 252 246 241 253
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011
Parish Church of Sainte-Barbe

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Sainte-Barbe

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Mérilheu 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 = 16

education

The municipality has a public primary school with 14 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Mérilheu can be reached via Routes départementales 260 and 938. The former Route nationale 638 .

Personalities

Albert délégué, born on 2 May 1963 in Rambouillet in the region Ile-de-France , died on April 14, 1995, Toulouse , was model at international level. He spent his childhood in Mérilheu.

Web links

Commons : Mérilheu  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ information commune de Mérilheu ( fr ) Marie-Pierre Manet. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Bagnères-de-Bigorre (300) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Notice Communale Mérilheu ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Mérilheu (65310) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 3, 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 December 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Mérilheu (65310) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  7. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Albert Delegue: biography courte, dates, citations ( fr ) CCM Benchm. February 6, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.