Bagnères-de-Bigorre
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Coordinates: 43°03′54″N 0°09′02″E / 43.065°N 0.150555555556°E
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Commune of Bagnères de Bigorre |
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  Bagnères-de-Bigorre
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Mayor | Rolland Castells (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 440–2,872 m (1,400–9,400 ft) (avg. 550 m/1,800 ft) |
| Land area1 | 125.86 km2 (48.59 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 8,722 (2006) |
| - Density | 69 /km2 (180 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 65059/ 65200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a French commune in the south-western Hautes-Pyrénées department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
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[edit] Geography
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located on the Adour river.
[edit] Notable people
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.
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.
[edit] Sport
- Stade Bagnérais - union team
- Tour de France stage finish in 2008, won by Ricardo Ricco
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