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Commune in Occitania, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Batsère (French pronunciation: [batsɛʁ]; Occitan: Vathsèra) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
Batsère | |
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Coordinates: 43°03′46″N 0°17′24″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Carrère[1] |
Area 1 | 2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 31 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 65071 /65130 |
Elevation | 387–634 m (1,270–2,080 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Batsère is located 26 km (orthodromic distance) from Tarbes,[3] prefecture of the department and 11 km from Bagnères-de-Bigorre.[4]
The territory of the commune is vulnerable to various natural hazards: meteorological (storms, thunderstorms, snow, extreme cold, heat wave or drought), floods, forest fires, land movements and earthquakes (medium seismicity).[5]
Batsère is a rural commune with 31 inhabitants as of 2021. There was a peak population of 179 in 1872. Its inhabitants are called Batsérois or Batséroises in French.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 43 | — |
1975 | 39 | −1.39% |
1982 | 30 | −3.68% |
1990 | 36 | +2.31% |
1999 | 38 | +0.60% |
2009 | 47 | +2.15% |
2014 | 41 | −2.69% |
2020 | 32 | −4.05% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
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