Barèges
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Traditional Pyrenees house in Barèges
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 42°53′52″N 0°03′57″E / 42.8978°N 0.0658°ECoordinates: 42°53′52″N 0°03′57″E / 42.8978°N 0.0658°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées | |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost | |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves | |
| Intercommunality | Pays Toy | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Pascal Arribet | |
| Area1 | 45.84 km2 (17.70 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010)2 | 201 | |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65481 /65120 | |
| Elevation | 1,070–3,087 m (3,510–10,128 ft) (avg. 1,250 m or 4,100 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.
Barèges (Barètge in Gascon) is a French commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. It is situated in the valley of the Bastan on the former Route nationale 618 (the "Route of the Pyrénées") on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet.
Its spa has been known since the beginning of the 17th century and is the highest in the Pyrenees. It is famous also for the ski resort of Barèges, part of the Domaine du Tourmalet, as well as its landscapes.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barégeois or Barégeoises.
Barèges village is a small mountain village in the French Pyrenees located in the heart of the Val de la Batsus at the foot of the Col du Tourmalet and the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, which stretches along the right bank of the Bastan. The commune is located some 20 km south of Bagneres-de-Bigorre and 12 km north-west of Aragnouet.
The town is bounded in the north-west by the Bastan river which flows from east to west in a narrow valley through the main village (at an altitude of 1250 m) and through its main inhabited areas. The Bastan forms the northern border of the commune with the commune of Sers.
The rest of the territory of the commune is mostly a vast plateau surrounded by several peaks that form most of its other borders with:
Access to the commune is by road D918 from Artigues in the east via the Col du Tourmalet and passes though the north of the commune and the village continuing west to Betpouey.
The Bastan river, known locally as the "Gave de Bastan", is a right tributary of the Gave de Gavarnie and has its source in the north-east of the commune near the Col du Tourmalet whose slopes and the slopes of the surrounding peaks supply water. The Ruisseau d'Aygues Cluses rises in the south-east of the commune and flows north to join the Bastan. The Ruisseau de la Glère flows north from the Lac de la Glère in the south-west of the commune to join the Bastan east of the village. Two small streams rise south of the village and flow north to join the Bastan: the Ruisseau de Rioulet and the Ruisseau du Pontis.
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