Bartrès

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Coordinates: 43°07′28″N 0°02′47″W / 43.1244444444, -0.0463888888889

Commune of Bartrès

Location
Bartrès (France)
Bartrès
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement D'Argelès-Gazost
Canton Canton de Lourdes-Ouest
Statistics
Elevation 439 m–575 m
(avg. 430 m)
Land area¹ 7,31 km²
Population²
(1999)
351
 - Density 48/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 65070/ 65100
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

Bartrès is a village and commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées département, in southwestern France.

The village is famous for its association with St Bernadette Soubirous. St. Bernadette was sent there in her infancy to a wet nurse, and again in her early teens to work for the same lady as a shepherdess. Today, the village is visited by numerous pilgrims who come to pray at the village church and venerate a relic of the saint.

Coordinates: 43°07′N 0°02′W / 43.117, -0.033