Saint-Pastous
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Saint-Pastous Sent Pastors |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves | |
| Community association | Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ E | |
| height | 420-1,661 m | |
| surface | 8.20 km 2 | |
| Residents | 135 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65400 | |
| INSEE code | 65393 | |
 L'Assomption village church |
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Saint-Pastous ( Gascon Sent Pastors ) is a French commune with 135 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .
location
Saint-Pastous is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 26 kilometers (as the crow flies) south-southwest of Tarbes . The place is in the vicinity of the Pyrenees National Park .
The community consists of the settlements of Bayès, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Germés and Saint-Pastous as well as some individual farmhouses.
history
In the early Middle Ages the rulership changed frequently (Visigoths, Basques, Franks, Saracens). After that, the place was under the rule of the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony for centuries. From 900 to 1609 there was a county of Bigorre within the aforementioned areas. During the Hundred Years War , Saint-Pastous was sometimes under English, sometimes under French rule. From 1425 to 1609 the place belonged as part of the county of Bigorre to the county of Foix, which is only loosely connected to France . Because the last ruler of this county, King Henry II of the House of Bourbon, ascended the throne of France (as Henry IV) in 1589, the places in the region were crown domains from 1609 to 1789. The municipality belonged to the District of Argelès from 1793 to 1801. In addition, it was from 1793 to 1801 part of the canton of Préchac and from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Argelès-Gazost (1793-1896 under the name of Canton Argelès ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Saint-Pastous was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost from 1801. First indirect mention by name in 1050/1070 in Bigorre's copial book under De casale Sancti Pastoris . The municipality is part of the historical Lavedan landscape (also known as the Pays des Sept Vallées ).
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1821 | 1836 | 1851 | 1866 | 1881 | 1886 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 432 | 446 | 541 | 444 | 536 | 495 | 354 | 407 | 106 | 91 | 82 | 78 | 91 | 109 | 88 | 131 |
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The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows in the 20th century.
Attractions
- L'Assomption village church
- Chapel of Sainte-Marie de Lurp
