Bagnères-de-Bigorre

Bagnères-de-Bigorre () is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the Occitanie region, southwestern France.

Name of the city
In the Middle Ages, the city had the name Aquae Convenarum or Vicus Aquensis ("City of the Waters"). The current name is formed from the Occitan Banheras ("baths") and the name of the region, Bigorre.

Geography
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is in the Bigorre region, in the Pyrenees foothills; the commune is where the valley of the Adour is in contact with the Campan valley.

It has an area of  and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

+ Bagnères-de-Bigorre and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune de Bagnères-de-Bigorre

 Climate 
The climate of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population
The inhabitants of Bagnères-de-Bigorre are known, in French, as Bagnérais (women: Bagnéraises).

Bagnères-de-Bigorre has a population, in 2014, of 7,602, and its population density is of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Bagnères-de-Bigorre

 Administration 
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre and the administrative centre () of the canton La Haute-Bigorre with 14 communes and 15,242 inhabitants in 2014.

It is part of the intercommunality Haute-Bigorre ().

 Sister cities 
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is twinned with:
  Alhama de Granada, Spain
  Granarolo dell'Emilia, Italy
  Tutzing, Germany
  Inverurie, Scotland

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
 Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

Other websites

 City Council website 
 Office de Tourisme - Bagnères-de-Bigorre - La Mongie 
 Le Musée du Marbre  

Category:Subprefectures in France
Category:Communes in Hautes-Pyrénées