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Luz-Saint-Sauveur | |
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 The village of Luz-Saint-Sauveur | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Luz-Saint-Sauveur  | |
  Luz-Saint-Sauveur  Luz-Saint-Sauveur | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′21″N 0°00′02″W / 42.8725°N 0.00056°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Annie Sagnes[1] |
| Area 1 | 50.38 km2 (19.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 921 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65295 /65120 |
| Elevation | 677–3,194 m (2,221–10,479 ft) (avg. 711 m or 2,333 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Luz-Saint-Sauveur (French pronunciation: [lys sɛ̃ sovœʁ]; Gascon: Lus e Sent Sauvaire, before 1962: Luz)[3] is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitania region of south-western France.[4] It lies on the river Bastan, a tributary of the Gave de Pau.[5][6] Its inhabitants are called Luzéens and Luzéennes in French.[7] The town features locations of historical heritage such as the church of Saint-André, also known as "Les Templiers", the Château Sainte-Marie or the spa district. Protected by mountains to the east, west and south, and separated from the plain to the north by the Pierrefitte gorge, Luz-Saint-Sauveur is somewhat geographically isolated though it is only a 1⁄2 hour drive from Lourdes.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 148.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Bastan (Q43-0400)".
- ^ Hautes-Pyrénées, habitants.fr