Adast

Adast is a village and commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. It is in Sent Savin valley in the Bigorre region.

Adast
View of the village
View of the village
Coat of arms of Adast
Location of Adast
Adast is located in France
Adast
Adast
Adast is located in Occitanie
Adast
Adast
Coordinates: 42°58′29″N 0°04′36″W
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHautes-Pyrénées
ArrondissementArgelès-Gazost
CantonLa Vallée des Gaves
IntercommunalityPyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Serge Laguibeau[1]
Area
1
1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
298
  Density280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
65001 /65260
Elevation434–542 m (1,424–1,778 ft)
(avg. 444 m or 1,457 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is bordered by four other communes. It also borders Lau-Balagnas by a simple quadripoint: Saint-Savin to the west, Lau-Balagnas by a quadripoint to the north, Beaucens to the east, and finally by Pierrefitte-Nestalas to the south.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 174    
1975 200+2.01%
1982 205+0.35%
1990 203−0.12%
1999 227+1.25%
2007 244+0.91%
2012 273+2.27%
2017 292+1.35%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sites and monuments

In 1270, the Château de Miramont was bequeathed after the death of Mathe de Bigorre-Mâtas to one of his daughters, Marguerite.

In the 17th century, it became the refuge of the poet Cyprian Despourrins whose mother was Gabrielle de Miramont. The castle was then bought by Bernard Abadie-Gaye, an inhabitant of Sazos (near Luz-Saint-Sauveur). It was then sold by a descendant of this family, Célestin Carrere, son of Louise Abadie-Gaye, in 1914.

The château was later inhabited by Dr. Jean François Calot (1861-1944), a surgeon who advanced orthopaedic surgery preferring conservative treatments to the systematic amputations. He spent his entire career from 1890 at Berck and he retired to the Château de Miramont.

At the end of the 1960s, the Château de Miramont was bought by the journalist, radio and television host Jacques Chancel, who came from the nearby village of Ayzac-Ost.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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