The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Bagnères-de-Bigorre was one of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.
Geography
It is the largest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , but the second in population with 46,384 inhabitants; its population density is of inhabitants/km².
The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Tarbes, to the east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south by Spain and to west by the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, there is only 1 canton with all its communes in the arrondissement, the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron with 62 communes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre has 171 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Adervielle-Pouchergues (65003) Ancizan (65006) Anères (65009) Anla (65012) Antichan (65014) Antist (65016) Aragnouet (65017) Ardengost (65023) Argelès-Bagnères (65024) Arné (65028) Arreau (65031) Arrodets (65034) Artiguemy (65037) Aspin-Aure (65039) Asque (65041) Asté (65042) Astugue (65043) Aulon (65046) Avajan (65050) Aventignan (65051) Aveux (65053) Avezac-Prat-Lahitte (65054) Azet (65058) Bagnères-de-Bigorre (65059) Banios (65060) Bareilles (65064) Barrancoueu (65066) La Barthe-de-Neste (65069) Batsère (65071) Bazus-Aure (65075) Bazus-Neste (65076) Beaudéan (65078) Benqué-Molère (65081) Bertren (65087) Bettes (65091) Beyrède-Jumet (65092) Bize (65093) Bizous (65094) Bonnemazon (65096) Bonrepos (65097) Bordères-Louron (65099) Bourg-de-Bigorre (65105) Bourisp (65106) Bramevaque (65109) Bulan (65111) Cadéac (65116) Cadeilhan-Trachère (65117) Camous (65122) Campan (65123) Camparan (65124) Campistrous (65125) Cantaous (65482) Capvern (65127) Castelbajac (65128) Castillon (65135) Cazarilh (65139) Cazaux-Debat (65140) Cazaux-Fréchet-Anéran-Camors (65141) Chelle-Spou (65143) Cieutat (65147) Clarens (65150) Créchets (65154) Ens (65157) Esbareich (65158) Escala (65159) Esconnets (65162) Escots (65163) Esparros (65165) Espèche (65166) Espieilh (65167) Estarvielle (65171) Estensan (65172) Ferrère (65175) Fréchendets (65179) Fréchet-Aure (65180) Galan (65183) Galez (65184) Gaudent (65186) Gazave (65190) Gembrie (65193) Générest (65194) Génos (65195) Gerde (65198) Germ (65199) Gouaux (65205) Gourgue (65207) Grailhen (65208) Grézian (65209) Guchan (65211) Guchen (65212) Hauban (65216) Hautaget (65217) Hèches (65218) Hiis (65221) Houeydets (65224) Ilhet (65228) Ilheu (65229) Izaourt (65230) Izaux (65231) Jézeau (65234) Labassère (65238) Labastide (65239) Laborde (65241) Lagrange (65245) Lançon (65255) Lannemezan (65258) Libaros (65274) Lies (65275) Lombrès (65277) Lomné (65278) Lortet (65279) Loudenvielle (65282) Loudervielle (65283) Loures-Barousse (65287) Lutilhous (65294) Marsas (65300) Mauléon-Barousse (65305) Mauvezin (65306) Mazères-de-Neste (65307) Mazouau (65309) Mérilheu (65310) Mont (65317) Montastruc (65318) Montégut (65319) Montgaillard (65320) Montoussé (65322) Montsérié (65323) Nestier (65327) Neuilh (65328) Nistos (65329) Ordizan (65335) Orignac (65338) Ourde (65347) Pailhac (65354) Péré (65356) Pinas (65363) Pouzac (65370) Recurt (65376) Réjaumont (65377) Ris (65379) Sabarros (65381) Sacoué (65382) Sailhan (65384) Saint-Arroman (65385) Sainte-Marie (65391) Saint-Lary-Soulan (65388) Saint-Laurent-de-Neste (65389) Saint-Paul (65394) Saléchan (65398) Samuran (65402) Sarlabous (65405) Sarp (65407) Sarrancolin (65408) Seich (65416) Sentous (65419) Siradan (65427) Sost (65431) Tajan (65437) Thèbe (65441) Tibiran-Jaunac (65444) Tilhouse (65445) Tournous-Devant (65449) Tramezaïgues (65450) Trébons (65451) Troubat (65453) Tuzaguet (65455) Uglas (65456) Uzer (65459) Vielle-Aure (65465) Vielle-Louron (65466) Vignec (65471)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are: