Séméac
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
| Canton | Aureilhan | |
| Community association | Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 14 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ E | |
| height | 210-436 m | |
| surface | 6.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,926 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 783 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65600 | |
| INSEE code | 65417 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-semeac.fr/ | |
Séméac ( Occitan : Semiac ) is a French commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the Canton of Aureilhan .
Séméac has 4926 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on 6.29 square kilometers and is located between the east bank of the Adour and the Alaric Canal in the Bigorre and is an eastern suburb of Tarbes . The inhabitants call themselves Séméacais .
The Tarbes-Est junction of the A64 Autoroute is in the municipality.
There are evidence of Stone Age settlement traces, but the place Séméac is likely to have emerged only at the end of the Carolingian period. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1032.
Attractions
- Canal d'Alaric
- Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption built in 1285 by Raimond Arnaud de Castelbajac, destroyed by the Huguenots in 1569 and rebuilt in 1609 again
Personalities
- Paul Voivenel (1880–1975), neurologist and writer
- Gérard Trémège (* 1944), politician, mayor of Tarbes, Legion of Honor
Web links
Commons : Séméac - collection of images, videos and audio files
