Oléac-Dessus

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Oléac-Dessus
Auliac Dessús
Oléac-Dessus (France)
Oléac-Dessus
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses
Community association Coteaux du Val d'Arros
Coordinates 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E
height 301-490 m
surface 3.72 km 2
Residents 120 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65190
INSEE code 65333

Mairie Oléac-Dessus

Oléac-Dessus ( Occitan Auliac Dessús ) is a French commune with 120 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and to the community association Coteaux du Val d'Arros, founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Oléacais .

geography

The municipality of Oléac-Dessus is located in the north of the Bigorre landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees , about 19 kilometers southeast of the departmental capital Tarbes and 20 kilometers northwest of Lannemezan . The 3.72 km² large municipal area is bordered in the east by the Arrêt river . Oléac-Dessus is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tournay in the north, Poumarous in the east and south-east, Luc in the south-west and Oueilloux in the west.

Place name

In 1086 the place name first appeared as Oleag . The name developed from De Oleaco (1313) and De Oleato (1379) to Oleac dessus on a Cassini card at the end of the 18th century . The name Oléac is derived from the Latin personal name Olius ; with the suffix -acum there is the domain of olius . Dessus stands for above , in this case above Oléac-Debat .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 100 82 101 88 92 89 94 120
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church
  • two wayside crosses
  • Saint-Pierre church
  • Église Saint-Pierre d'Oléac-Dessus (Hautes-Pyrénées) 1.jpg
  • Église Saint-Pierre d'Oléac-Dessus (Hautes-Pyrénées) 3.jpg
  • Église Saint-Pierre d'Oléac-Dessus (Hautes-Pyrénées) 2.jpg

Economy and Infrastructure

Oléac-Dessus has a rural character. There are 14 farms in the community (cattle and horse breeding).

The municipality of Oléac-Dessus has good transport links. In Tournay , eight kilometers away, there are connections to the trunk road network and the A64 autoroute . Tournay is also the closest train station - on the Toulouse – Bayonne railway line .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Michel Grosclaude and Jean-Francois Le Nail : Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarbes, Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, ( ISBN 2-9514810-1-2 , notice BnF no FRBNF37213307) (French)
  2. ↑ Oléac-Dessus on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Oléac-Dessus on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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