Mingot
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
| Canton | Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais | |
| Community association | Adour Madiran | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 23 ' N , 0 ° 10' E | |
| height | 213-296 m | |
| surface | 1.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 99 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65140 | |
| INSEE code | 65311 | |
| Website | Mingot | |
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Mingot ( Occitan Mingòt ) is a town in the south of France and a municipality with 99 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the north of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region .
Location and climate
The municipality of Mingot in the foothills of the Pyrenees at an altitude of about 280 m . The city of Tarbes is about 20 km southwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 830 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 96 | 78 | 45 | 49 | 69 | 98 |
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Despite the by the phylloxera crisis in the wine sector and the increasing mechanization of agriculture in many places caused rural exodus , the population of the municipality at the beginning of the 20th century remained stable. The slight increase in population since the 1990s is related to the relative proximity to Greater Tarbes.
economy
The community is almost exclusively agriculturally oriented.
history
The place name is first mentioned in the 18th century. From the Middle Ages until the beginning of the French Revolution , the municipality was part of the historic Bigorre province .
Attractions
The Église Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste , which is surrounded by the local cemetery and built at the end of the 19th century on the site of a previous medieval building, is dedicated to John the Evangelist . The bell gable (clocher mur) that rises above the unadorned facade is covered by a small gable roof to protect the bells .
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