Sazos

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Sazos
Sasòs
Sazos Coat of Arms
Sazos (France)
Sazos
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton La Vallée des Gaves
Community association Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 1'  E
height 640-2,965 m
surface 29.38 km 2
Residents 129 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65120
INSEE code 65413

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Sazos ( Gaskognisch Sasòs ) is a French commune with 129 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .

location

Sazos is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 40 km (as the crow flies) south-southwest of Tarbes . The place is located on the eastern slope of the Soum de Lats mountain and also in the Pyrenees National Park . It is part of the Lavedan region and its sub-region Vallée de Barège . The highest point of the municipality is the mountain peak of the Pic de Barbe de Bour (2965 m above sea level) in the very south-west of the municipality. There are also a number of mountain lakes (such as Lac Grand ) to the west of the municipality in the municipality.

The community consists of the village of Sazos and numerous individual farms.

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. A sub-area of ​​this rule was the Lavedan region , to which Sazos belonged. During the Hundred Years War , Sazos 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), Sazos was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost since 1801. First mentioned by name as Sazos in the copy book of Saint-Savin in the 11th century.

Population development

year 1793 1806 1821 1831 1841 1896 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 533 587 580 537 564 502 218 204 159 147 141 128 112 118
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In the 19th century the place always had over 500 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.

Attractions

  • Romanesque village church of Saint Julien (partly from the Middle Ages, partly from the 17th century)
  • several mills

Web links

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