Artigues, Hautes-Pyrénées Explained

Artigues
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville d'Artigues (Hautes-Pyrénées).svg
Arrondissement:Argelès-Gazost
Canton:Lourdes-2
Insee:65038
Postal Code:65100
Mayor:Marie Plane[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates:43.0756°N 0.0031°W
Elevation M:600
Elevation Min M:485
Elevation Max M:860
Area Km2:1.46

Artigues (in French pronounced as /aʁtiɡ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Artigas) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

It is a small village retaining traditional architecture of the region. The commune is at the end of a steep dead-end road from the outskirts of Luchon.

Geography

Climate

Artigues has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Artigues is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Artigues was on 1 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 9 January 1985.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.