Aragnouet

Aragnouet
The village of Aragnouet
Coat of arms
Aragnouet
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Aragnouet
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton	Vielle-Aure
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Mounic
Area1	108.29 km2 (41.81 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	244
• Density	2.3/km2 (5.8/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	65017 / 65170
Elevation	956–3,194 m (3,136–10,479 ft) (avg. 1,100 m or 3,600 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	321	—
1800	396	+23.4%
1806	237	−40.2%
1821	213	−10.1%
1831	433	+103.3%
1836	450	+3.9%
1841	460	+2.2%
1846	510	+10.9%
1851	520	+2.0%
1856	525	+1.0%
1861	423	−19.4%
1866	510	+20.6%
1872	420	−17.6%
1876	422	+0.5%
1881	441	+4.5%
1886	375	−15.0%
1891	365	−2.7%
1896	317	−13.2%
1901	300	−5.4%
1906	287	−4.3%
1911	287	+0.0%
1921	285	−0.7%
1926	317	+11.2%
1931	310	−2.2%
1936	296	−4.5%
1946	256	−13.5%
1954	258	+0.8%
1962	215	−16.7%
1968	201	−6.5%
1975	160	−20.4%
1982	260	+62.5%
1990	336	+29.2%
1999	260	−22.6%
2006	246	−5.4%
2009	244	−0.8%

Transportation

The Bielsa tunnel under the Pyrenees connects Aragnouet and Bielsa in Spain. It was first opened in 1976. In 2002, the French government unilaterally decided to close the tunnel to heavy-goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, a decision which caused serious concern in Aragon.

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

• INSEE