Adé, Hautes-Pyrénées

Adé
The town hall of Adé.
Coat of arms
Adé
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Adé
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	Lourdes-Ouest
Intercommunality	Pays de Lourdes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Robert Bergero
Area1	7.24 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	744
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	65002 / 65100
Elevation	382–583 m (1,253–1,913 ft) (avg. 428 m or 1,404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Adé is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

Geography

Adé is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées and part of the agglomeration of Lourdes, 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the centre of Lourdes, itself.

The commune has a weakly extended territory of 7.24 km² (2.80 sq mi), which sprawls 382 m (1,253 ft) to the north-east, where the Geune leaves the town and enters Lanne, and 583 m (1,913 ft) to the south-east, near the locality of le Sarraut.

Transport

The N21 road travels through the commune, from north to south. The commune is also immediately adjacent to the south-western end of the Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport, to the north-east, along the N21 road.

Sites and monuments

• The chapel of Notre-Dame du Rosaire.

• The church of Saint-Hippolyte of Adé and the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception de Lourdes are the works of the same architect. This building with three naves was built on the former feudal motte. The cellar of the rectory is the former armory of the castle which was built in the 11th Century. Inside, a tympanum represents the martyrdom of St. Hippolytus, patron saint of the village.

• The old château, of which remain the ancient walls.

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  The chapel of Notre-Dame du Rosaire
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  The Interior of the chapel of Notre-Dame du Rosaire

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  The Church of Saint-Hippolyte

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	568	—
1800	531	−6.5%
1806	505	−4.9%
1821	598	+18.4%
1831	529	−11.5%
1836	674	+27.4%
1841	682	+1.2%
1846	681	−0.1%
1851	688	+1.0%
1856	669	−2.8%
1861	619	−7.5%
1866	619	+0.0%
1872	589	−4.8%
1876	565	−4.1%
1881	522	−7.6%
1886	504	−3.4%
1891	475	−5.8%
1896	528	+11.2%
1901	534	+1.1%
1906	503	−5.8%
1911	438	−12.9%
1921	374	−14.6%
1926	356	−4.8%
1931	355	−0.3%
1936	373	+5.1%
1946	347	−7.0%
1954	384	+10.7%
1962	394	+2.6%
1968	445	+12.9%
1975	465	+4.5%
1982	514	+10.5%
1990	637	+23.9%
1999	678	+6.4%
2006	711	+4.9%
2009	744	+4.6%

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

• INSEE