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Tarbes is a Pre-Pyrenees town within the rich agricultural plain of the river Adour, 155 kilometres (96 miles) southwest of Toulouse, 144 kilometres (89 miles) to the east of Bayonne, 70 kilometres (43 miles) southwest of Auch and 20 kilometres (12 miles) northeast of Lourdes. Tarbes is 1 hr 30 mins from the Atlantic Ocean, 2 hrs 50 mins from ...
Tarbes est une ville du piémont pyrénéen (304 mètres d'altitude) sise à l'extrême sud-ouest de la région Occitanie (latitude : 43° 13' 58" nord, longitude : 00° 04' 28" est, donc très proche du Méridien de Greenwich), à la frontière sud-est de la région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
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The city is named for the first time during the 5th century like Civitas Turba ubi castrum Bigorra. It is also an important city of the Novempopulania.[N 1] Gregory of Tours, in the 7th century, called the city as Talvam vicum. During the Middle Ages, the city was named as Tarbe (1214), Tursa, Tarvia (1284) and also Tarbia.
A small town founded in the 3rd century B.C. became a Roman colony under the name of Tarba. It was destroyed by the Vikingsin 840 and rebuilt by the Bishop of Bigorre or Tarbes. From the twelfth century on, Tarbes became the capital of the County of Bigorre.[N 2] During the religious wars, the cathedral was burnt in 1569 by Protestants but the bish...
Tarbes is located in the southwest of France, at the foot of the Pyrenees, in a fertile plain of the valley of the river Adour, at 20 km (12 mi) to the northeast of Lourdes, 70 km (43 mi) to the southeast of Auch, 144 km (89 mi) to the east of Bayonne and 155 km (96 mi) to the southwest of Toulouse. It has an area of 15.33 km2 (6 sq mi) and its ave...
The inhabitants of Tarbes are known, in French, as Tarbais (women: Tarbaises). The city of Tarbes has a population, in 2014, of 40,900; its population density is of 2,668 inhabitants/km2.
Tarbes is the prefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées department since 1790. It is also the capital of three Cantons: 1. Tarbes-1, formed with a part of Tarbes (13,514 inhabitants) (2014) 2. Tarbes-2, formed with a part of Tarbes (13,402 inhabitants) (2014) 3. Tarbes-3, formed with a part of Tarbes (13,984 habitants) (2014) It is part of the intercommuna...
The Gare de Tarbes railway station offers direct connections with Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Bayonne and other cities in the region. There is a motorway that connects Tarbes with Bayonne and Toulouse. Tarbes is also served by the small Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airportsituated 10 kilometers away of the city centre.
The Adourriver through TarbesMassey gardenFountain of the Quatre-ValléesSainte-Thérèse de Tarbes churchNovempopulania ("country of the nine peoples") was a Roman province, also called Aquitania Tertia.In this case, "county" (French: Comté) means "land under a count (the British earl)".Office de Tourisme - Tarbes Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in French)Grand Tarbes website Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Information Archived 2013-09-09 at the Wayback MachineTarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as Turba or Tarba in Roman times.
Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. Mapcarta, the open map.
You’ll enjoy exploring this capital of the Bigorre region for a relaxing stay guaranteed, strolling along the streets lined with palm trees, lazing out on the terrace, in the parks or wandering around the authentic markets showcasing the best of south west France.
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Lourdes is located in southern France in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains near the prime meridian. It is overlooked from the south by the Pyrenean peaks of Aneto , Montaigu , and Vignemale (3,298 m or 10,820 ft ), while around the town there are three summits reaching up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft) which are known as the Béout , the Petit Jer ...
