Soulom

Soulom ; Solon
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Community association	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Coordinates	42 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 4' E Coordinates: 42 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 4' E
height	458-967 m
surface	2.91 km 2
Residents	256 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	88 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65260
INSEE code	65435

Soulom ( Gascon Solon ) is a French commune with 256 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region ; it belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .

location

Soulom is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 33 km (as the crow flies) south-southwest of Tarbes . The place is between the Gave de Cauterets and the Gave de Gavarnie in the vicinity of the Pyrenees National Park .

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 , Soulom 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. In addition, it was from 1793 to 1801 part of the canton of Saint-Savin and from 1801 to 2015 part of the canton of Argelès-Gazost (1793-1896 under the name of Canton Argelès ). With the exception of the years 1926 to 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères), Soulom was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost from 1801. First mentioned by name as Solon around 103 in the copy book of Saint-Savin.

Population development

year	1793	1851	1856	1886	1891	1896	1906	1931	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	296	395	358	411	485	411	381	570	464	594	521	356	342	264	247	260	247
Sources: Cassini and INSEE