Title: Argelès-Gazost Content: Argelès-Gazost  is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France in the Occitanie region. It is part of the historical region of Gascony and is the capital of the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost. ==History== Argelès-Gazost was made a commune in 1790 with the name of Argelès; it was merged in 1824 with the commune of Vieuzac. Vieuzac was also made a commune in 1790. The name of the commune, Argelès, was changed to Argelès-Gazost in 1896. ==Geography== Argelès-Gazost is a commune in the Lavedan (a natural region in the Pyrenees), at the confluence of the Gave de Pau and Gave d'Azun rivers, between Lourdes and Gavarnie. It has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  === Climate === The climate of Argelès-Gazost, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Argelès-Gazost are known, in French, as Argelésiens (women: Argelésiennes). Argelès-Gazost has a population, in 2014, of 3,020, and its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Argelès-Gazost Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:4000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 3629 bar:1975 from:0 till: 3455 bar:1982 from:0 till: 3304 bar:1990 from:0 till: 3229 bar:1999 from:0 till: 3241 bar:2006 from:0 till: 3254 bar:2011 from:0 till: 3139 bar:2014 from:0 till: 3020 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 3629 fontsize:S text: 3,629 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 3455 fontsize:S text: 3,455 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 3304 fontsize:S text: 3,304 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 3229 fontsize:S text: 3,229 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 3241 fontsize:S text: 3,241 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 3254 fontsize:S text: 3,254 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 3139 fontsize:S text: 3,139 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 3020 fontsize:S text: 3,020 shift:(-15,5) == Administration == Argelès- Gazost is a subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost and the administrative centre  of the canton La Vallée des Gaves with 50 communes and 15,743 inhabitants in 2014. It is part of the intercommunality La Vallée d'Argelès-Gazost . ==Sites of interest== Some important buildings and places are: * The Saint-Saturnin church, built in the second half of the nineteenth century. * Château d'Ourout, built in the fifteenth - sixteenth century, rebuilt in the nineteenth century. With its park and chapel, it is registered as a historical monument since 1995. * Vieuzac tower of the fourteenth century. * Mendaigne tower of the eighteenth century. * Pyrénées Animal Park  ==Gallery== File:Argelès-Gazost mairie.JPG|Argelès-Gazost City Hall File:Argelès-Gazost église.JPG|Saint-Saturnin church File:Argelès-Gazost tour Vieuzac.JPG|Vieuzac tower File:Argelès-Gazost tour Mendaigne.JPG|Mendaigne tower File:Argelès-Gazost parc thermal (1).JPG|Stream of hot water in a park ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost * Communes of the Hautes- Pyrénées department