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Viger, Hautes-Pyrénées

Coordinates: 43°03′47″N 0°02′51″W / 43.0631°N 0.0475°W / 43.0631; -0.0475
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Viger
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Viger is located in France
Viger
Viger
Viger is located in Occitanie
Viger
Viger
Coordinates: 43°03′47″N 0°02′51″W / 43.0631°N 0.0475°W / 43.0631; -0.0475
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHautes-Pyrénées
ArrondissementArgelès-Gazost
CantonLourdes-1
IntercommunalityCA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Area
1
3.37 km2 (1.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
144
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
65470 /65100
Elevation385–1,160 m (1,263–3,806 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viger is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

Historically and culturally, the commune is in the province of Lavedan, south-western part of Bigorre and made up of a set of seven valleys upstream of the town of Lourdes. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by various small rivers. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage: two Natura 2000 sites (the “gaves de Pau and Cauterets (and gorge of Cauterets)” and “granquet-Pibeste and Soum d’Ech”), a protected area (the regional nature reserve of Pibeste-Aoulhet massif) and three natural areas of ecological, fauna and flora interest.

Viger is a rural commune which had 144 inhabitants in 2021, after experiencing a sharp increase in population since 1962. It is in the agglomeration of Lourdes and is part of the Lourdes catchment area. Its inhabitants are called the Vigérois or Vigéroises.

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.