Tarbes

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Coordinates: 43°14′02″N 00°04′31″E / 43.23389, 0.07528

Commune of Tarbes
Tarbes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 43°14′02″N 00°04′31″E / 43.23389, 0.07528
Administration
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
Elevation 284 m–326 m
(avg. 304 m)
Land area¹ 15.33 km²
Population²
(1999)		 46,275
 - Density 3,019/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 65440/ 65000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France
2006 Tour de France stage held in Tarbes with a large turn out
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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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[edit] Geography

To the south of Tarbes is the pilgrimage town of Lourdes and the border with Spain. The Pyrenees mountains, lying along the border between France and Spain, can be seen from the town.

[edit] Sports and recreation

[edit] Births

Tarbes was the birthplace of:

[edit] Twin towns

Tarbes is twinned with:

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