Omex

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Omex
Aumets
Omex coat of arms
Omex (France)
Omex
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton Lourdes-1
Community association Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 5 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
height 409-1,133 m
surface 5.53 km 2
Residents 227 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65100
INSEE code 65334

Mairie Omex

Omex ( Occitan : Aumets ) is a French commune with 227 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées municipal association founded in 2016 . The inhabitants are called Omexéens .

geography

Look at Omex

The municipality of Omex is located in the Bigorre landscape on the northern edge of the Pyrenees , six kilometers southwest of the pilgrimage site of Lourdes and about 45 kilometers north of the border with Spain . The 5.53 km² large municipal area comprises the main part of the high valley Batsurguère ( La vallée de Batsurguère , Occitan: Vath Surguèra ), which is about 550 meters above sea level . The high valley is flanked by some Pyrenees peaks:

north of the village of Omex

  • Soum d'Ech 913  m
  • Castet Miu 791  m

west of the village of Omex

  • Mail Rouy 1135  m
  • Pic de Taulemale 1112  m
  • Le Coussaout 1099  m
  • Caillouet 910  m

The rivers in the municipality of Omex ( Ruisseau de Bayet, Ruisseau des Moules ) are mountain streams, some of which seep into the calcareous subsoil and, after reappearing to the Gave de Pau in the catchment area of the Adour, drain. Forests dominate about a third of the municipal area, with pasture land making up the largest proportion. The hamlets of Crabé, Tramebernède, Bayard, La Moule, Badia and Bourdère belong to the municipality of Omex . Omex is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lourdes in the north and northeast, Ségus in the east and south and Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre in the west.

Place name

Between 1200 and 1230 the place name A Homees appeared for the first time . The spellings Omegs (1294), D-Omex (1313), De Omex (1342), d'Omex (1379), Omecx (1429), Omecz en Bat Suriguera (1541), Omets (1768) and Osmets (1790) followed ), until the name Omex , which is still valid today, was used from 1793 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2015
Residents 192 164 165 169 179 204 234 233
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Saturnin Church, built in 1769 to replace an old chapel barn; the neo-Romanesque building has a single nave with a massive veranda under the tower, restored in the 19th century
  • Castle Omex ( Château d'Omex ), stately castle from 1293 until the French Revolution, then until 1882 the villa of the aunt and the godmother of Marshal Foch , today in private ownership (only remains of the foundations of the old castle are preserved for the construction of the barn stones from the former keep were used)
  • Partially accessible cave Grotte du Roy in the northernmost tip of the municipality, only accessible from Lourdes
  • Climbing rock above the Col d'Ech
  • Lavoir du Clot
  • Lavoir de la Hount de Dessus
  • Marian Oratory
  • Fallen memorial

  • Saint-Saturnin Church

  • Lavoir du Clot

  • Lavoir de la Hount de Dessus

  • Marien Oratorio

  • Fallen memorial

Economy and Infrastructure

Tourism and agriculture dominate in Omex. The pensions and holiday homes in the village take up part of the stream of pilgrims from the neighboring city of Lourdes . There are six farms in the community (dairy farming, horse breeding, fruit growing).

The city of Lourdes, six kilometers away, is an important transport hub on the northern edge of the Pyrenees.

supporting documents

  1. ^ "Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarbes, Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000" ( Toponymic Dictionary of the Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées ) by Michel Grosclaude and Jean-Francois Le Nail ( ISBN 2-9514810-1-2 )
  2. ↑ Omex on cassini.ehess.fr
  3. ↑ Omex on insee.fr
  4. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Omex  - collection of images