Loucrup
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Loucrup | |
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Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Tarbes |
Canton | Canton of Ossun |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Canton d'Ossun |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-François Dron |
Area 1 | 3.62 km2 (1.40 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | 213 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 65281 /65200 |
Elevation | 397–588 m (1,302–1,929 ft) (avg. 542 m or 1,778 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Loucrup is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Sight and monuments
- Saint-Martin Church (19th century)
- Roman oppidum at the sources of the Aube on the Toulouse-Dax Roman road
- Medieval castle now disappeared that was on the road to Layrisse
- Former station on the Campan-Lourdes tramway line that operated from 1914 to 1932 (Tramway de la Bigorre)
- viewpoint over the Pyrénées
- Source of the Aube, a tributary of the Échez
- Tourist route between Bagnères-de-Bigorre and Lourdes
People linked to the commune
- Antoine Duffourc (born 1851 in Loucrup; died 1926 in Beaudéan) was a French historian. He wrote numerous works on the history of the Hautes-Pyrénées.
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