Pujo

Pujo
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Vic-en-Bigorre
Community association	Adour Madiran
Coordinates	43 ° 21 ' N , 0 ° 4' E Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ' N , 0 ° 4' E
height	230-246 m
surface	5.28 km 2
Residents	636 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	120 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65500
INSEE code	65372
Website	www.pujo.eu
	; View of the center of Pujo

Pujo is a French commune with 636 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Vic-en-Bigorre .

The inhabitants are called Pujolais and Pujolaises .

geography

Pujo is located about 13 kilometers north of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic province of Bigorre on the north-western edge of the department.

Pujo is surrounded by the eight neighboring communities:

Saint-Lézer	Vic-en-Bigorre	Camalès
Talazac		Villenave-près-Marsac
Siarrouy	Rest	Marsac

Population development

After records began, the population rose to an initial high of around 610 by the middle of the 19th century. In the period that followed, the size of the community fell to around 415 with brief recovery phases until after the Second World War , before a phase of at times strong growth began which continues to this day and has led to the previous high level of population being exceeded.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	488	518	535	520	585	579	596	614	636

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas

Economy and Infrastructure

Porcs Noirs de Bigorre

Pujo is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 65

school-building

education

The municipality has a public primary school with 31 students in the 2019/2020 school year.

traffic

Pujo can be reached via Routes départementales 53, 835 and 935, the former Route nationale 135 .

Personalities

Vincent Abbadie, born on May 26, 1737 in Pujo, died on March 18, 1814 in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire , was a French surgeon at the Bicêtre Hospital and in the service of the French Navy .

Web links

Commons : Pujo - collection of images

Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
↑ Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
↑ Notice Communale Pujo ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Pujo (65372) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Pujo (65372) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
↑ Encyclopédie des sciences médicales, 6eme division ( fr ) Imprimerie de Béthune et Plon, Paris. 626, 1841. Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[1] Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[2] Aire urbaine de Tarbes (072) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[cassini-3] Notice Communale Pujo ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[4] Populations légales 2016 Commune de Pujo (65372) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[5] Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[6] Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Pujo (65372) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[7] École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

[8] Encyclopédie des sciences médicales, 6eme division ( fr ) Imprimerie de Béthune et Plon, Paris. 626, 1841. Retrieved November 6, 2019.