Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre

The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Bagnères-de-Bigorre.

History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Bagnères-de-Bigorre was one of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.

Geography
It is the largest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , but the second in population with 46,384 inhabitants; its population density is of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Tarbes, to the  east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south by Spain and to west by the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost.

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, there is only 1 canton with all its communes in the arrondissement, the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron with 62 communes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Argelès-Gazost  Bagnères-de-Bigorre  Tarbes6504 La Haute-Bigorre131146508 Neste, Aure et Louron62626514 La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses3337706515 La Vallée de la Barousse51152

Communes
The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre has 171 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Adervielle-Pouchergues (65003)
 Ancizan (65006)
 Anères (65009)
 Anla (65012)
 Antichan (65014)
 Antist (65016)
 Aragnouet (65017)
 Ardengost (65023)
 Argelès-Bagnères (65024)
 Arné (65028)
 Arreau (65031)
 Arrodets (65034)
 Artiguemy (65037)
 Aspin-Aure (65039)
 Asque (65041)
 Asté (65042)
 Astugue (65043)
 Aulon (65046)
 Avajan (65050)
 Aventignan (65051)
 Aveux (65053)
 Avezac-Prat-Lahitte (65054)
 Azet (65058)
 Bagnères-de-Bigorre (65059)
 Banios (65060)
 Bareilles (65064)
 Barrancoueu (65066)
 La Barthe-de-Neste (65069)
 Batsère (65071)
 Bazus-Aure (65075)
 Bazus-Neste (65076)
 Beaudéan (65078)
 Benqué-Molère (65081)
 Bertren (65087)
 Bettes (65091)
 Beyrède-Jumet (65092)
 Bize (65093)
 Bizous (65094)
 Bonnemazon (65096)
 Bonrepos (65097)
 Bordères-Louron (65099)
 Bourg-de-Bigorre (65105)
 Bourisp (65106)
 Bramevaque (65109)
 Bulan (65111)
 Cadéac (65116)
 Cadeilhan-Trachère (65117)
 Camous (65122)
 Campan (65123)
 Camparan (65124)
 Campistrous (65125)
 Cantaous (65482)
 Capvern (65127)
 Castelbajac (65128)
 Castillon (65135)
 Cazarilh (65139)
 Cazaux-Debat (65140)
 Cazaux-Fréchet-Anéran-Camors (65141)
 Chelle-Spou (65143)
 Cieutat (65147)
 Clarens (65150)
 Créchets (65154)
 Ens (65157)
 Esbareich (65158)
 Escala (65159)
 Esconnets (65162)
 Escots (65163)
 Esparros (65165)
 Espèche (65166)
 Espieilh (65167)
 Estarvielle (65171)
 Estensan (65172)
 Ferrère (65175)
 Fréchendets (65179)
 Fréchet-Aure (65180)
 Galan (65183)
 Galez (65184)
 Gaudent (65186)
 Gazave (65190)
 Gembrie (65193)
 Générest (65194)
 Génos (65195)
 Gerde (65198)
 Germ (65199)
 Gouaux (65205)
 Gourgue (65207)
 Grailhen (65208)
 Grézian (65209)
 Guchan (65211)
 Guchen (65212)
 Hauban (65216)
 Hautaget (65217)
 Hèches (65218)
 Hiis (65221)
 Houeydets (65224)
 Ilhet (65228)
 Ilheu (65229)
 Izaourt (65230)
 Izaux (65231)
 Jézeau (65234)
 Labassère (65238)
 Labastide (65239)
 Laborde (65241)
 Lagrange (65245)
 Lançon (65255)
 Lannemezan (65258)
 Libaros (65274)
 Lies (65275)
 Lombrès (65277)
 Lomné (65278)
 Lortet (65279)
 Loudenvielle (65282)
 Loudervielle (65283)
 Loures-Barousse (65287)
 Lutilhous (65294)
 Marsas (65300)
 Mauléon-Barousse (65305)
 Mauvezin (65306)
 Mazères-de-Neste (65307)
 Mazouau (65309)
 Mérilheu (65310)
 Mont (65317)
 Montastruc (65318)
 Montégut (65319)
 Montgaillard (65320)
 Montoussé (65322)
 Montsérié (65323)
 Nestier (65327)
 Neuilh (65328)
 Nistos (65329)
 Ordizan (65335)
 Orignac (65338)
 Ourde (65347)
 Pailhac (65354)
 Péré (65356)
 Pinas (65363)
 Pouzac (65370)
 Recurt (65376)
 Réjaumont (65377)
 Ris (65379)
 Sabarros (65381)
 Sacoué (65382)
 Sailhan (65384)
 Saint-Arroman (65385)
 Sainte-Marie (65391)
 Saint-Lary-Soulan (65388)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Neste (65389)
 Saint-Paul (65394)
 Saléchan (65398)
 Samuran (65402)
 Sarlabous (65405)
 Sarp (65407)
 Sarrancolin (65408)
 Seich (65416)
 Sentous (65419)
 Siradan (65427)
 Sost (65431)
 Tajan (65437)
 Thèbe (65441)
 Tibiran-Jaunac (65444)
 Tilhouse (65445)
 Tournous-Devant (65449)
 Tramezaïgues (65450)
 Trébons (65451)
 Troubat (65453)
 Tuzaguet (65455)
 Uglas (65456)
 Uzer (65459)
 Vielle-Aure (65465)
 Vielle-Louron (65466)
 Vignec (65471)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 65059  Bagnères-de-Bigorre  7,602  La Haute-Bigorre  La Haute-Bigorre 65258  Lannemezan  5,912  La Vallée de la Barousse  Le Plateau de Lannemezan et des Baïses 65123  Campan  1,342  La Haute-Bigorre  La Haute-Bigorre 65127  Capvern  1,307  Neste, Aure et Louron  Neste Baronnies 65069  La Barthe-de-Neste  1,217  Neste, Aure et Louron  Neste Baronnies 65198  Gerde  1,181  La Haute-Bigorre  La Haute-Bigorre 65370  Pouzac  1,122  La Haute-Bigorre  La Haute-Bigorre

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
 Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

Bagneres-de-Bigorre