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Hautes-Pyrénées department | |
Capital | Tarbes |
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Residents | 229.191 (2018) |
surface | 4,464 km² |
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The department Hautes-Pyrénées lies in the French region Midi-Pyrénées. It has the serial number 65 and borders to the north Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Gers and Haute-Garonne. In the south, the main ridge of the Pyrenees forms the border with Spain (Region Aragon).
Regions
places
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- Lourdes: great place of pilgrimage
- Tarbes is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
- Argelès-Gazost
- Bagneres-de-Bigorre
- Cauterets: Ski area and starting point for hikes in the Pyrenees National Park
- Gavarnie: small place in the rock basin of the same name
- Luz-Saint-Sauveur
- Barèges: Ski resort in the Tourmalet area
- La Mongie: pure ski resort at the foot of the Pic du Midi
- Arreau
Other goals
- Pyrenees National Park
- Cirque de Gavarnie, colossal rock basin with a 422 meter high waterfall
- Cirque de Troumouse
- Col du Tourmalet
- Col d’Aspin
- Pont d’Espagne near Cauterets - access to the Pyrenees National Park with wild and romantic waterfalls
- Brèche de Roland
- Pic du Midi de Bigorre, 2877 m high summit with an astronomical observatory, television station and astronomy museum
Cirque de Gavarnie
Pont d’Espagne
Lac de Bastan du milieu
Observatory on the Pic du Midi
background
language
getting there
The airport Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport(IATA: LDE) located 9 km southwest of Tarbes and 14 km north of Lourdes. He is served several times a day with domestic flights from Paris-Orly as well as seasonally with charter flights for the pilgrims. The closest international airport is Toulouse-Blagnac (145 km east of Tarbes).
In Lourdes and Tarbes, Intercités stop several times a day on the route Bayonne and Toulouse. A TGV runs three times a day directly from Paris-Montparnasse via Bordeaux to Lourdes (6 hours) and Tarbes (6½ hours). There is also a night train from Paris-Austerlitz. In addition, there are regional express trains (TER) from Toulouse-Matabiau to Tarbes approximately every two hours (1:45 hours). TER operate four times a day between Toulouse and Pau, which include stop in Tarbes and Lourdes.
The A 64 motorway (Toulouse-Pau-Bordeaux) runs through this department. From here the national road N 21 branches off at Tarbes to Lourdes and Argelès-Gazost, which in parts is developed like a motorway.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
- hike
- Winter sports: There are several major ski areas, including Saint-Lary-Soulan and Grand Tourmalet – Pic du Midi (La Mongie / Barèges)
- Cycling: The slopes of the Pyrenees offer a challenge for trained cyclists, the Col du Tourmalet, for example, is a legendary mountain classification in the Tour de France