Sainte-Marie (Hautes-Pyrénées)

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Sainte-Marie
Senta-Maria (de Varossa)
Sainte-Marie (France)
Sainte-Marie
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Canton La Vallée de la Barousse
Community association Neste Barousse
Coordinates 42 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  E
height 459-478 m
surface 0.28 km 2
Residents 65 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 232 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65370
INSEE code

View from Sainte-Marie to the Pic du Gar

Sainte-Marie ( Gascon Senta-Maria (de Varossa) ) is a French commune with 65 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 municipality of Neste Barousse .

geography

Sainte-Marie is located around 53 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 part of the village of Sainte-Marie and a few individual farms. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D161 a few kilometers west of the N125 . The Saléchan-Siradan stop on the Montréjeau-Luchon railway line ensures public transport connections.

history

In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Barousse in the Armagnac region , which in turn was part of the Gascogne province. After 1790 part of the municipality came to the Haute-Garonne department. This part of Sainte-Marie, together with the Notre-Dame-des-Vignes village chapel , now belongs to the municipality of Bagiry . The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, from 1793 to 2015, Sainte-Marie was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.

Population development

year 1793 1831 1866 1891 1896 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 85 104 60 69 38 12 20th 12 28 37 31 27 39 45
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

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