Loucrup

Loucrup
The village of Loucrup
Coat of arms
Loucrup
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Loucrup
Coordinates: 43°07′15″N 0°04′15″E / 43.1208°N 0.0708°ECoordinates: 43°07′15″N 0°04′15″E / 43.1208°N 0.0708°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Tarbes
Canton	Canton of Ossun
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton d'Ossun
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-François Dron
Area^1	3.62 km^2 (1.40 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	213
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	65281 / 65200
Elevation	397–588 m (1,302–1,929 ft) (avg. 542 m or 1,778 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.

Loucrup is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

Sight and monuments

Saint-Martin Church

• Saint-Martin Church (19th century)
• Roman oppidum at the sources of the Aube on the Toulouse-Dax Roman road
• Medieval castle now disappeared that was on the road to Layrisse
• Former station on the Campan-Lourdes tramway line that operated from 1914 to 1932 (Tramway de la Bigorre)
• viewpoint over the Pyrénées
• Source of the Aube, a tributary of the Échez
• Tourist route between Bagnères-de-Bigorre and Lourdes

People linked to the commune

• Antoine Duffourc (born 1851 in Loucrup; died 1926 in Beaudéan) was a French historian. He wrote numerous works on the history of the Hautes-Pyrénées.

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

• INSEE