Argelès-Gazost

**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.

### 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**

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## 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

## References
## Other websites
* City Council website 
* Office de Tourisme - Saint-Gaudens