Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost

Coordinates: 43°00′N 0°06′W / 43.000°N 0.100°W / 43.000; -0.100
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Argelès-Gazost
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHautes-Pyrénées
No. of communes87
SubprefectureArgelès-Gazost
Area
1,300.2 km2 (502.0 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
37,527
INSEE code651

The arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Argelès-Gazost.

History[change | change source]

When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Argelès-Gazost was one of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.

In 1926, the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost was eliminated but, in 1942, it was made again an arrondissement.[2]

Geography[change | change source]

It is the smallest of the arrondissements of the department with an area of 1,300.2 km2 (502 sq mi),[3] and a population 39,130 inhabitants; its population density is of 29.9 inhabitants/km².[4]

The arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Tarbes, to the east by the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the south by Spain and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region).

Composition[change | change source]

Cantons[change | change source]

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The three cantons found in the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost have all their communes in the arrondissement:

  1. Lourdes-1 (6505) - 11 communes + part of Lourdes;
  2. Lourdes-2 (6506) - 27 communes + part of Lourdes); and
  3. La Vallée des Gaves (6516) - 48 communes.

Communes[change | change source]

The arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost has 87 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Adast (65001)
  2. Adé (65002)
  3. Agos-Vidalos (65004)
  4. Les Angles (65011)
  5. Arbéost (65018)
  6. Arcizac-ez-Angles (65020)
  7. Arcizans-Avant (65021)
  8. Arcizans-Dessus (65022)
  9. Argelès-Gazost (65025)
  10. Arras-en-Lavedan (65029)
  11. Arrayou-Lahitte (65247)
  12. Arrens-Marsous (65032)
  13. Arrodets-ez-Angles (65033)
  14. Artalens-Souin (65036)
  15. Artigues (65038)
  16. Aspin-en-Lavedan (65040)
  17. Aucun (65045)
  18. Ayros-Arbouix (65055)
  19. Ayzac-Ost (65056)
  20. Barèges (65481)
  21. Barlest (65065)
  22. Bartrès (65070)
  23. Beaucens (65077)
  24. Berbérust-Lias (65082)
  25. Betpouey (65089)
  26. Boô-Silhen (65098)
  27. Bourréac (65107)
  28. Bun (65112)
  29. Cauterets (65138)
  30. Cheust (65144)
  31. Chèze (65145)
  32. Escoubès-Pouts (65164)
  33. Esquièze-Sère (65168)
  34. Estaing (65169)
  35. Esterre (65173)
  36. Ferrières (65176)
  37. Gaillagos (65182)
  38. Gavarnie-Gèdre (65192)
  39. Gazost (65191)
  40. Ger (65197)
  41. Germs-sur-l'Oussouet (65200)
  42. Geu (65201)
  43. Gez (65202)
  44. Gez-ez-Angles (65203)
  45. Grust (65210)
  46. Jarret (65233)
  47. Julos (65236)
  48. Juncalas (65237)
  49. Lau-Balagnas (65267)
  50. Lézignan (65271)
  51. Loubajac (65280)
  52. Lourdes (65286)
  53. Lugagnan (65291)
  54. Luz-Saint-Sauveur (65295)
  55. Omex (65334)
  56. Ossen (65343)
  57. Ossun-ez-Angles (65345)
  58. Ourdis-Cotdoussan (65348)
  59. Ourdon (65349)
  60. Ousté (65351)
  61. Ouzous (65352)
  62. Paréac (65355)
  63. Peyrouse (65360)
  64. Pierrefitte-Nestalas (65362)
  65. Poueyferré (65366)
  66. Préchac (65371)
  67. Saint-Créac (65386)
  68. Saint-Pastous (65393)
  69. Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre (65395)
  70. Saint-Savin (65396)
  71. Saligos (65399)
  72. Salles (65400)
  73. Sassis (65411)
  74. Sazos (65413)
  75. Ségus (65415)
  76. Sère-en-Lavedan (65420)
  77. Sère-Lanso (65421)
  78. Sers (65424)
  79. Sireix (65428)
  80. Soulom (65435)
  81. Uz (65458)
  82. Viella (65463)
  83. Vier-Bordes (65467)
  84. Viey (65469)
  85. Viger (65470)
  86. Villelongue (65473)
  87. Viscos (65478)

There are only 4 communes with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the arrondissement; they are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population[4]
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
65286 Lourdes 14,361 Lourdes-1 and Lourdes-2 Le Pays de Lourdes
65025 Argelès-Gazost 3,020 La Vallée des Gaves La Vallée d'Argelès-Gazost
65395 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 1,187 Lourdes-1 Le Pays de Lourdes
65362 Pierrefitte-Nestalas 1,184 La Vallée des Gaves La Vallée de Saint-Savin

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Historique des Hautes-Pyrénées". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Département des Hautes-Pyrénées (65)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Décret n° 2014-242 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Pyrénées" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Arrondissement d'Argelès-Gazost (651)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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