Ris (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Ris
Coat of arms of Ris
Ris (France)
Ris
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton Neste, Aure and Louron
Community association Aure Louron
Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 24'  E
height 920-1,604 m
surface 15.02 km 2
Residents 16 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1 inhabitant / km 2
Post Code 65590
INSEE code 65379

Mairie Ris

Ris is a French commune with 16 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron .

geography

The municipality is located in the historic province of Bigorre , in the Pays d'Aure countryside . The Spanish border on the ridge of the Pyrenees is about 15 kilometers further south. The commune borders the Haute-Garonne department to the east . Neighboring municipalities to Ris are:

The location of the municipal capital is on the right flank of the valley called Vallée du Louron , high above the Neste du Louron river , which runs through Bordères-Louron at the bottom of the valley . The majority of the municipal area is predominantly impassable mountainous terrain at high altitudes and forests up to 2000 meters. As this is hardly populated, the overall population density is extremely low.

Population development

year 1886 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 53 13 15th 11 9 10 9 17th

Attractions

The municipality has several cultural monuments that are classified as Monument historique .

  • Chapelle Notre Dame des Neiges (German: Chapel "Maria Schnee"): built in 1884 in "Le Pradeau" and the headquarters of a brotherhood with around 25 members
  • Église Saint-Blaise: remarkable Romanesque portal decorated with consoles and anointing oil

  • Saint Blaise Church

  • Notre-Dame-des-Neiges chapel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ris on the Insee website
  2. ↑ Entry No. 65379 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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