Aventignan

Aventignan
Coat of arms
Aventignan
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Aventignan
Coordinates: 43°04′09″N 0°31′18″E / 43.0692°N 0.5217°ECoordinates: 43°04′09″N 0°31′18″E / 43.0692°N 0.5217°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton	Saint-Laurent-de-Neste
Intercommunality	Canton de Saint-Laurent
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yoan Rumeau
Area^1	5.22 km^2 (2.02 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	180
• Density	34/km^2 (89/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	65051 / 65660
Elevation	434–783 m (1,424–2,569 ft) (avg. 448 m or 1,470 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.

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

Geography

Close to Aventignan are the Gargas caves, a natural underground formation of stalactites and stalagmites. The caves are sometimes described as the Grotto of Gargas, in reference to an ancient chieftain who used the place as a prison.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1806	511	—
1832	798	+56.2%
1911	430	−46.1%
1921	335	−22.1%
1936	275	−17.9%
1946	261	−5.1%
1962	238	−8.8%
1968	272	+14.3%
1975	225	−17.3%
1982	216	−4.0%
1990	208	−3.7%
1999	180	−13.5%
2007	187	+3.9%
2009	180	−3.7%

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

• INSEE

1. Baedeker, Karl (1907). Southern France including Corsica: handbook for travellers. Leipzig: K. Baedeker. p. 131. OCLC 1854952. Retrieved 2011-01-23.