Sadournin
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
| Canton | Les Coteaux | |
| Community association | Pays de Trie et du Magnoac | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 19 ′ N , 0 ° 24 ′ E | |
| height | 220-385 m | |
| surface | 12.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 183 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65220 | |
| INSEE code | 65383 | |
| Website | Sadournin | |
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Sadournin ( Occitan Sadornin ) is a southern French municipality with 183 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the extreme north of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region .
Location and climate
The municipality of Sadournin is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees at an altitude of about 330 m . The nearest city, Tarbes, is a good 33 km southwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 850 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 325 | 507 | 361 | 219 | 176 | 178 |
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Because by the phylloxera crisis in the wine sector and the increasing mechanization of agriculture caused rural exodus , the population of the municipality continuously declined since the mid-19th century.
economy
The community is almost exclusively agriculturally oriented.
history
The place name is of Latin Gascognic origin, but it was not mentioned for the first time until the 12th century. From the Middle Ages until the beginning of the French Revolution , the municipality was part of the historic Bigorre province .
Attractions
The Église de l'Assomption is a building from the end of the 19th century.
