Pinas

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Pinas
Pinars
Pinas coat of arms
Pinas (France)
Pinas
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association Plateau de Lannemezan
Coordinates 43 ° 7 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 7 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E
height 526-609 m
surface 5.93 km 2
Residents 446 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 75 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65300
INSEE code

Village church of Pinas

Pinas ( Occitan : Pinars ) is a French commune with 446 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre . The inhabitants are called Pinassais / Pinassaises .

geography

Pinas is located about 32 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The community consists of the village of Pinas and numerous scattered settlements. Pinas is located on the Lannemezan plateau . The Save crosses the municipality in a north-easterly direction. In terms of traffic, the community is on the D24. The A64 crosses the municipality in the south.

Pinas is surrounded by the neighboring communities Villeneuve-Lécussan (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the north-east, east and south-east, Cantaous in the south, Lannemezan in the west and Uglas in the north-west.

history

In the Middle Ages, the place was within the Nébouzan region, which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Pinas was a municipality in the canton of Saint-Laurent from 1793 to 1801 and was within the canton of Lannemezan from 1801 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1846 1911 1921 1936 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 363 321 425 379 299 276 334 361 499 530 490 442 453 461
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church of the Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • two wayside crosses

Web links

Commons : Pinas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Memorial to the Fallen