Siradan
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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 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 459–1,027 m | |
| surface | 2.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 284 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 104 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65370 | |
| INSEE code | 65427 | |
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Siradan ( same name in Gaskognisch ) is a French commune with 284 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the municipality of Neste Barousse . Its inhabitants call themselves Siradanais / Siradanaises .
geography
Siradan is located around 52 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 Siradan, a few groups of houses and a few individual farmsteads. Large parts of the mountain slopes are forested. The Gouhouron stream crosses the municipality. The highest point of the municipality is in the Montagne de Gert on the northern municipality border. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D924 a few kilometers west of the N125 . The Saléchan-Siradan stop on the Montréjeau-Luchon railway line ensures public transport connections.
history
Containers and tools from the early days were found in the remains of an oppidum . The place is first mentioned as Exiradano / Xiradano in 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, Siradan 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 | 1841 | 1851 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 346 | 558 | 516 | 186 | 254 | 268 | 245 | 268 | 272 | 311 | 297 | 290 |
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Attractions
- Village church de l'Assomption (14th century; renovated in 1834), Gallo-Roman relief, a monument historique since 1907
- Memorial to the Fallen
- a wayside cross on the D924
Village church Église de l'Assomption
Memorial to the Fallen
former mill and the Gouhouron stream
