Bagnères-de-Bigorre

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

Commune of Bagnères de Bigorre
Location
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 m–2,872 m (avg. 550 m)
Land area¹	125.86 km²
Population² (1999)	8,048
- Density	63/km² (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.

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.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Miscellaneous 2.1 Births 2.2 Sport 3 See also

[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Births

Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:

• Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
• The Société Ramond, formed at a meeting between Henry Russell, Charles Packe, Maxwell Lyte and Emilien Frossard in 1865, and named after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières.

[edit] Sport

• Stade Bagnérais - union team

[edit] See also

• Bigorre