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Tarbes
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| Commune of Tarbes | |
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| Tarbes, Musée des Beaux-Arts | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées (préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Tarbes |
| Canton | Chief town of 5 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes |
| Mayor | Gérard Trémège (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 284 m–326 m (avg. 304 m) |
| Land area¹ | 15.33 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
46,275 |
| - Density (1999) | 3,019/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 65440/ 65000 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Tarbes is a French town and commune, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the préfecture. It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants.
It is the seat of the diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes.
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To the south of Tarbes is the pilgrimage town of Lourdes and then the border with Spain.
- Tarbes Gespe Bigorre is the main sport team of the town as a female basketball team taking part to the French League (LFB) and European competitions (FIBA EuroLeague Women, Ronchetti Cup – won in 1996 – and FIBA EuroCup Women).
- The city has also a union team - Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby.
- The 2006 Tour de France departed from Tarbes, for one of its stages.
- The 2001 Tour de France passed through Tarbes as part of its route.
Tarbes was the birthplace of:
- Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (1755-1841), one of the most notorious members of the French National Convention
- Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), writer
- Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), the commander-in-chief of Allied forces in World War I
- Henri Génès (1919-2005), actor and singer
- Cécile Ousset (born 1936), pianist
Tarbes is twinned with:
- Guide of Tarbes (in French)
- Tarbes town council website (in French)
- Tourism office website (in French)
- Tarbes Salad on Wikibooks cookbooks
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