Bagnères-de-Bigorre

French commune
nomcommune= Bagnères de Bigorre
Casino of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
région= Midi-Pyrénées
département= Hautes-Pyrénées
("sous-préfecture")
arrondissement=Bagnères-de-Bigorre
canton=Bagnères-de-Bigorre
insee=65059
cp=65200
maire=Rolland Castells
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=0.150555555556
latitude=43.065
alt moy=550 m
alt mini=440 m
alt maxi=2,872 m
hectares=12,586
km²=125.86
sans=8,048
date-sans=1999
dens=63
date-dens=1999

Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a commune of southwestern France, in the Hautes-Pyrénées "département", of which it is a "sous-préfecture". Population (1999): 8,052.

Geography

Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located on the Adour river.

Births

Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:
*Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
*The "Société Ramond", formed at a meeting between Henry Russell, Charles Packe, Maxwell Lyte and Emilien Frossard in 1865, and named after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières.

Notable residents

English writer and comedian Tony Hawks purchased a house in a village near Bagnères-de-Bigorre as told in his 2006 book "A Piano in the Pyrenees".

port

* Stade Bagnérais - union team
* Tour de France stage finish in 2008, won by Ricardo Ricco

ee also

* Bigorre
* La Mongie