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Hautes-Pyrénées
French department / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hautes-Pyrénées (Occitan: Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus) is a department in the southwest of France. It is part of the Occitanie region and its main city is Tarbes.
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Hautes-Pyrénées | |
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![]() Prefecture building of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in Tarbes | |
![]() Location of Hautes-Pyrénées in France | |
Coordinates: 43°12′N 0°8′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Département | 4 March 1790 |
Prefecture | Tarbes |
Subprefectures | Argelès-Gazost, Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
Government | |
• President | Michel Pélieu[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 4,464.0 km2 (1,723.6 sq mi) |
Population (2014)[3] | |
• Total | 228,950 |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Demonym | Haut-Pyrénéens / Bigourdans |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-65 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 17 |
Communes | 470 |
Website | www.hautespyrenees.fr |
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