Saligos

Saligos ; Saligòs
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 1' E Coordinates: 42 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 1' E
height	596-2,390 m
surface	7.07 km 2
Residents	107 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65120
INSEE code	65399

Saligos ( Gascon SALIGOS ) is a French municipality with 107 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .

location

Saligos is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 39 km (as the crow flies) south-southwest of Tarbes . The place is located on the western slope of the Soum de Nère mountain (2390 m above sea level) east of the Gave de Gavarnie river in the Pyrenees National Park .

The community consists of the villages of Saligos and Vizos, two campsites on the river, some small settlements and individual farmsteads.

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 Saligos 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. It was also part of the canton of Luz-Saint-Sauveur from 1793 to 2015 (1793–1962 under the name of Canton Luz ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Saligos was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost since 1801. First mentioned by name as Saligos in the Bigorre copial book in the 12th century.

On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Vizos was incorporated.

Population distribution and extrapolation

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Altitude (m)	Population (Census)
District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Altitude (m)	1851	1901	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006 ¹	2008 ²	2011 ³	2013 ²
Saligos000	65399	4.51	596-2390	273	247	121	109	99	91	82	84	80	85	82	83	90
Vizos	65480	2.56	705-2163	101	84	54	64	55	44	43	37	33	29	35	41	38
Saligos	65399	7.07	596-2390	374	331	175	173	154	135	125	121	113	114	117	134	128

¹Data from INSEE ( RP2006, RP2011 )

²Data from INSEE ( RP2008, RP2013 )

³Data from INSEE ( RP2006, RP2011 , RP2016)

^• other data from Cassini

The (total) population of the municipality of Saligos was calculated by adding the individual districts, i. H. of the former independent municipalities determined

In the 19th century the place had mostly over 200 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.