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Bourréac (French pronunciation: [buʁeak]; Occitan: Borriac) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France near the city of Lourdes (4,5 km).

Bourréac
Commune
Bourréac looking toward Lourdes
Location of Bourréac
Bourréac
Bourréac
Coordinates: 43°06′14″N 0°00′09″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHautes-Pyrénées
ArrondissementArgelès-Gazost
CantonLourdes-2
IntercommunalityCA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Charles Lacrampe
Area
1
1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
111
  Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
65107 /65100
Elevation429–582 m (1,407–1,909 ft)
(avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Its economy is based on residences (the village is included in the urban area of Lourdes), agriculture (animal husbandry mainly) and tourism (gîtes ruraux).

Entry of Bourréac coming from Lourdes
Entry of Bourréac coming from Lourdes

Geography


The village overlooks Lezignan and Lourdes valley as from a balcony and stays in the center of a line of low hills, 500 to 600 m high, in front of the chain of Pyrenees Mountains, with notably the foreground Pic du Jer (950m), and, in the middle distance, the summits of Cabaliros (2334 m), Hautacam (1500 to 1800 m), Montaigu (2339 m) and Pic du Midi de Bigorre (2877 m).
Crest paths starts from the village, mainly the D807 in the direction of Recahorts (hamlet of Bourréac) and, then, Pouts (hamlet of a neighbour village, Escoubes-Pouts).


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
196236    
196841+13.9%
197545+9.8%
198249+8.9%
199046−6.1%
199970+52.2%
200987+24.3%

Climate


Sunrise on Bourréac, 2007, October 14. Mist on Lézignan and Lourdes plain
Sunrise on Bourréac, 2007, October 14. Mist on Lézignan and Lourdes plain

The climate of Bourréac is that one mentioned by the meteo station of Ossun-Tarbes with a microclimate for special places resulting from their exposition to south and a protection from west wind. So in winter, local temperature is often 2 or 3 degrees higher than that noted in the valley of Lezignan and Lourdes.


History



Etymology


As many French words whose suffix is ac (from Latin acum ), Bourréac name comes from the name of an antique Gallo-Roman property, with the patronymic Burrius or Burrinus : the property of Burrius. On the neighbour place of Sendac, a marble Gallo-Roman statue has been discovered in 1846. It can be seen in the Jardin Massey Museum, in Tarbes.


Administration


Part of the Cassini map showing the names of communes, parishes or succursales (succ) of parish as Bourréac, and their hamlets, 1780-1810
Part of the Cassini map showing the names of communes, parishes or succursales (succ) of parish as Bourréac, and their hamlets, 1780-1810

Before 1789, during the old or Ancien Régime, Bourréac was included in the Barony of The Angles (name of a neighbouring village with a mediaeval castle).


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.



На других языках


- [en] Bourréac

[ru] Буреак

Буреа́к (фр. Bourréac, окс. Borriac) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Юг — Пиренеи. Департамент — Верхние Пиренеи. Входит в состав кантона Лурд-Эст. Округ коммуны — Аржелес-Газост.



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