Bagnères-de-Bigorre
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Coordinates: 43°03′54″N 0°09′02″E / 43.065, 0.150555555556

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Commune of Bagnères de Bigorre

Casino of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Location
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (France)
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Mayor Rolland Castells
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 440–2,872 m (1,400–9,400 ft)
(avg. 550 m/1,800 ft)
Land area1 125.86 km2 (48.59 sq mi)
Population2
(1999)		 8,048
 - Density 63 /km² (160 /sq mi) (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 65059/ 65200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a commune of southwestern France, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population (1999): 8,052.

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Geography

Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located on the Adour river.

Births

Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:

Notable residents

English writer and comedian Tony Hawks purchased a house in a village near Bagnères-de-Bigorre as told in his 2006 book A Piano in the Pyrenees.

Sport

Points of interest

See also

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