Loucrup
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Loucrup | |
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![]() The village of Loucrup | |
Coordinates: 43°07′15″N 0°04′15″E / 43.1208°N 0.0708°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Arrondissement | Tarbes |
Canton | Ossun |
Intercommunality | CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Dron[1] |
Area 1 | 3.62 km2 (1.40 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 258 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/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
[edit]- 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
Sport
[edit]Loucrup was passed through on the route of Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées, 14 June.[3]
People linked to the commune
[edit]- 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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/video/sport/dplus-sport-dplus-sport-sport/tour-of-pyrenees-stage-1?pv=6852570&s=0 [bare URL]
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