Bagneres de Bigorre
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| Subprefecture and commune | ||
A general view of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
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 Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Location within Occitanie region
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
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| Coordinates: 43°03′54″N 0°09′02″E / 43.065°N 0.1506°ECoordinates: 43°03′54″N 0°09′02″E / 43.065°N 0.1506°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | |
| Canton | La Haute-Bigorre | |
| Intercommunality | Haute-Bigorre | |
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| • Mayor (2013–2020) | Jean Bernard Sempastous | |
| Area1 | 125.86 km2 (48.59 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 8,047 | |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Bagnérais(e) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65059 /65200 | |
| Elevation | 440–2,872 m (1,444–9,423 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (IPA: [baɲɛːʁ də biɡɔːʁ] (
listen); Occitan: Banhèras de Bigòrra pronounced [baˈɲɛɾɔs de biˈɡɔrɔ]) is a commune and subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
The town was known in antiquity as Vicus Aquensis (Latin for "watery neighborhood") and in the Middle Ages as Aquae Convenarum ("Waters of the Comminges"). Its present name similarly means "Baths" (Occitan: Banheras) of Bigorre, the area of southwestern France once inhabited by the Bigorri and now forming most of the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Either Bagnères-de-Bigorre or nearby Cieutat was apparently the "Begorra" attested in AD 400, which also derived from the ancient tribe.
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