Batsère
Batsère | |
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Location of Batsère | |
  Batsère Location within France  Batsère Location within Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 43°03′46″N 0°17′24″E / 43.0628°N 0.29°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Carrère[1] |
Area 1 | 2.3 km2 (0.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 42 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65071 /65130 |
| Elevation | 387–634 m (1,270–2,080 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Batsère (French pronunciation: [batsɛʁ]; Occitan: Vathsèra) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
Geography
Batsère is located 26 km (orthodromic distance) from Tarbes,[3] prefecture of the department and 11 km from Bagnères-de-Bigorre.[4]
The territory of the commune is vulnerable to various natural hazards: meteorological (storms, thunderstorms, snow, extreme cold, heat wave or drought), floods, forest fires, land movements and earthquakes (medium seismicity).[5]
Population
Batsère is a rural commune with 31 inhabitants as of 2021. There was a peak population of 179 in 1872. Its inhabitants are called Batsérois or Batséroises in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 43 | — |
| 1975 | 39 | −1.39% |
| 1982 | 30 | −3.68% |
| 1990 | 36 | +2.31% |
| 1999 | 38 | +0.60% |
| 2007 | 45 | +2.14% |
| 2012 | 43 | −0.91% |
| 2017 | 36 | −3.49% |
| 2023 | 42 | +2.60% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Georg, Stephan. "Distance entre Batsère et Tarbes". distance.to.
- ↑ Georg, Stephan. "Distance entre Batsère et Bagnères-de-Bigorre". distance.to.
- ↑ Ministère de la transition écologiques et de la cohésion des territoires. "Les risques près de chez moi - Bastère". Géorisques (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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