Vielle-Aure
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| Coordinates: 42°49′51″N 0°19′36″E / 42.8308°N 0.3267°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | Neste, Aure et Louron |
| Intercommunality | Aure-Louron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Maryse Beyrié[1] |
Area 1 | 5.38 km2 (2.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 304 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65465 /65170 |
| Elevation | 773–3,092 m (2,536–10,144 ft) (avg. 850 m or 2,790 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vielle-Aure (French pronunciation: [vjɛl ɔʁ]; Occitan: Vièla) is a rural commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of the Occitanie region in south-western France.
Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Pays d'Aure, made up of the Neste valley (downstream from Sarrancolin), the Aure valley (upstream from Sarrancolin), and the Louron valley. Exposed to a mountain climate, it is drained by the Neste, the Saint-Jacques stream, and various other small streams. Included in the Pyrenees National Park, the commune has a remarkable natural heritage: two Natura 2000 sites (the "Néouvielle" and "Garonne, Ariège, Hers, Salat, Pique, and Neste"), a protected area (the Néouvielle national nature reserve) and eight natural areas of ecological, faunistic. and floristic interest.
Vielle-Aure had 304 inhabitants in 2022, after experiencing a strong population increase since 1968. Its inhabitants are called Viellaurois.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
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