Saint-Paul (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Saint-Paul
Sent Pau de Nestés
Coat of arms of Saint-Paul
Saint-Paul (France)
Saint-Paul
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association Neste Barousse
Coordinates 43 ° 5 '  N , 0 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 5 '  N , 0 ° 30'  E
height 439-567 m
surface 6.85 km 2
Residents 315 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65150
INSEE code 65394
Website https://saintpaul65.jimdo.com/

Saint-Paul ( Gascon : Sent Pau de Nestés ) is a French commune with 315 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the canton of La Vallée de la Barousse (until 2015: canton of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Paulais / Saint-Paulaises .

geography

Saint-Paul is located around 39 kilometers southeast of the city of Tarbes in the east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department on the border with the Haute-Garonne department. The community consists of several hamlets and numerous scattered settlements. The nest crosses the south of the municipality in an easterly direction and in parts forms the southern municipal boundary. In terms of traffic, the municipality is mainly located on the D163 and the D938. The A64 crosses the north of the municipality.

Saint-Paul is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cuguron (in the Haute-Garonne department) in the north and northeast, Mazères-de-Neste in the east and southeast, Aventignan in the south, Montégut in the southwest and Saint-Laurent-de-Neste in the west.

history

The place appears for the first time indirectly as Ar. Galabru de Sancto Paulo in 1125 in the Bigorre copial book . In the Middle Ages, the place was within the Rivière-Verdun region, which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Saint-Paul was from 1793 to 2015 within the canton of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste (1801 to 1870 Canton Nestier). The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year 1793 1846 1906 1911 1921 1931 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 466 658 385 402 312 313 196 197 202 223 234 232 257 315
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • square donjon from the 13th century
  • Church Saint-Michel
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • Wayside cross in Cap de la vielle

  • Saint-Michel village church

  • Mairie (Town Hall) of Saint-Paul

  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

Commons : Saint-Paul  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen