Viger | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Viger (65).svg |
Arrondissement: | Argelès-Gazost |
Canton: | Lourdes-1 |
Insee: | 65470 |
Postal Code: | 65100 |
Intercommunality: | CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées |
Coordinates: | 43.0631°N -0.0475°W |
Elevation M: | 600 |
Elevation Min M: | 385 |
Elevation Max M: | 1160 |
Area Km2: | 3.37 |
Viger is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Historically and culturally, the commune is in the province of Lavedan, south-western part of Bigorre and made up of a set of seven valleys upstream of the town of Lourdes. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by various small rivers. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage: two Natura 2000 sites (the “gaves de Pau and Cauterets (and gorge of Cauterets)” and “granquet-Pibeste and Soum d’Ech”), a protected area (the regional nature reserve of Pibeste-Aoulhet massif) and three natural areas of ecological, fauna and flora interest.
Viger is a rural commune which had 144 inhabitants in 2021, after experiencing a sharp increase in population since 1962. It is in the agglomeration of Lourdes and is part of the Lourdes catchment area. Its inhabitants are called the Vigérois or Vigéroises.