Sanous
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
| Canton | Vic-en-Bigorre | |
| Community association | Adour Madiran | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 216–322 m | |
| surface | 1.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 98 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 60 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65500 | |
| INSEE code | 65403 | |
| Website | Sanous | |
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Sanous ( Occitan Sanós ) is a southern French municipality with 98 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region .
Location and climate
The municipality of Sanous is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees at an altitude of about 220 m . The nearest city, Tarbes, is a good 24 km southeast. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 830 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 89 | 137 | 102 | 71 | 75 | 97 |
Because by the phylloxera crisis in the wine sector and the increasing mechanization of agriculture caused rural exodus , the population of the municipality continuously declined since the end of the 19th century.
economy
The community is almost exclusively agriculturally oriented.
history
The place name is of Gallo-Roman origin, but an estate ( villa rustica ) from this period has not yet been discovered. Only from the 13th century do we find out about the existence of a settlement. From the Middle Ages until the beginning of the French Revolution , the municipality was part of the historic Bigorre province .
Attractions
The Église Saint-Martin is a building from the end of the 19th century.
