Samuran
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagneres-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Barousse | |
| Community association | Neste Barousse | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 546–1,044 m | |
| surface | 2.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 26 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65370 | |
| INSEE code | 65402 | |
Samuran ( same name in Gaskognisch ) is a French commune with 26 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
Samuran is located around 50 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 the village of Samuran and a few individual farms. Large parts of the mountain slopes are forested. The highest point of the municipality is in the Montagne de Gert on the southeastern municipality boundary. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D22 a few kilometers west of the N125 .
history
Finds from the Gallo-Roman period prove an early settlement. The place is first mentioned as De Samurano in the year 1387 in the church register of Comminges. 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. The parish belonged to the district La Barthe from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Samuran was within the canton of Mauléon-Barousse from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre arrondissement since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1806 | 1851 | 1866 | 1891 | 1936 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 55 | 43 | 64 | 42 | 63 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6th | 12 | 8th | 16 | 27 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint Vincent village church (11th and 12th centuries), a historic monument since 1995
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
- Lavoir (wash house)
