Mazouau

Mazouau
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association	Communes du Plateau de Lannemezan
Coordinates	43 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 24 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 24 ′ E
height	540-1,211 m
surface	1.40 km 2
Residents	16 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65250
INSEE code	65309
Website	Mazouau
	; View of the center of Mazouau

Mazouau is a French commune with 16 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron (until 2015: canton of La Barthe-de-Neste ).

The inhabitants are called Mazouans and Mazouannes .

geography

Mazouau is about 20 kilometers east of Bagnères-de-Bigorre .

Mazouau is surrounded by the four neighboring communities:

	Saint-Arroman
Bazus nests		Gazave
	Hèches

The highest point in the municipality is on the summit of Cap d'Estivère ( 1211 m ).

Population development

After records began, the number of inhabitants rose to a high of around 105 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to a low of around 10 inhabitants with short recovery phases until the turn of the millennium, before a slight recovery phase set in.