Vizos
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| local community | Saligos | |
| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 53 ' N , 0 ° 1' E | |
| Post Code | 65120 | |
| Former INSEE code | 65480 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
 Saint-Michel village church |
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Vizos ( Gaskognisch Visòs ) is a village in the French commune of Saligos and a former municipality with last 38 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region .
location
Vizos is located in the south of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, around 39 km (as the crow flies) south of Tarbes . The place is located on the western slope of the Soum de Moustayou mountain east of the Gave de Gavarnie river in the Pyrenees National Park .
The community consisted of the village of Vizos and some 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. During the Hundred Years War , Vizos 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), Vizos was administratively part of the Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost since 1801. First mentioned by name as Visos in the copial book of Saint-Savin in 1077/1078.
The municipality of Vizos was incorporated into Saligos on January 1st, 2017. It belonged to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée des Gaves .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1821 | 1846 | 1881 | 1886 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 87 | 72 | 123 | 126 | 90 | 100 | 64 | 55 | 44 | 43 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 40 |
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In the 19th century, the place usually had over 100 inhabitants. The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants to the lows of recent times.
Attractions
- Saint-Michel village church from the 12th century
- Wegkreuz Croix de Maguine south of the village on the D172
