Vic-en-Bigorre
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes | |
| Canton | Vic-en-Bigorre (main town) | |
| Community association | Adour Madiran | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 23 ' N , 0 ° 3' E | |
| height | 192-323 m | |
| surface | 31.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,897 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 153 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 65500 | |
| INSEE code | 65460 | |
| Website | www.vic-bigorre.fr/ | |
 Town house in Vic-en-Bigorre |
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Vic-en-Bigorre is a French commune with 4,897 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region . It is located in the Arrondissement of Tarbes , about 17 kilometers north of Tarbes and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Vic-en-Bigorre .
geography
Vic-en-Bigorre is one of the most important places in the Bigorre region . The Échez flows through the municipality almost parallel to the Adour .
history
The name of the place is explained by the fact that it was an early settlement, a vicus , which at the time belonged to the Gallo-Roman Castrum Bigorra , but today belongs to the municipality of Saint-Lézer , which is about two and a half kilometers southwest of Vic-en- Bigorre lies. Even before the construction of the Castrum (4th century AD), the hill was populated with a fortified oppidum by the Celt-Iberians of the Bigerriones tribe .
The place was abandoned between the 9th century and the middle of the 12th century. From 1151 Vic was re-established and received self-government rights.
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Attractions
- Vic-en-Bigorre town house
- La Revanche ("Revenge"), a sculpture by the sculptor Edmond Desca for the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71
- Saint-Martin church from the 17th century
sons and daughters of the town
- Edmond Desca (1855-1918), sculptor
- Jean Dupuy , called Pipiou , (1934-2010), rugby player
