Ourde

Ourde ; Orda
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton	La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association	Neste Barousse
Coordinates	42 ° 58 ' N , 0 ° 33' E Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ' N , 0 ° 33' E
height	592-1,543 m
surface	5.60 km 2
Residents	40 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65370
INSEE code	65347

Ourde ( Gascon Orda ) is a French commune with 40 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the municipality of Neste Barousse . Its inhabitants call themselves Ourdais / Ourdaises .

geography

Ourde is located around 49 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The community consists of the village of Ourde and a few individual farms. Large parts of the community are mountainous and forested. The L'Ourse de Ferrère runs through the municipality northwards and partially forms the municipality boundary. The highest point of the municipality is the Tourroc in the very north of the municipality. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D925 a few kilometers west of the N125 .

history

The area was settled early on. The remains of a sanctuary dedicated to the god Jupiter were found on the Tourroc. The place is mentioned indirectly (de Orda ) by name for the first time around the year 980 in the Lézat copial book . In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Ourde was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year	1793	1800	1851	1866	1931	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	216	200	316	301	78	72	45	41	38	31	31	25th	31	34
Sources: Cassini and INSEE