Bordères-sur-l'Échez

Bordères-sur-l'Échez
Commune
View of town hall of Bordères-sur-l'Échez
Coat of arms
Location of Bordères-sur-l'Échez
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Coordinates: 43°16′N 0°03′E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Bordères-sur-l'Échez
Intercommunality	CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Crampe[1]
Area ^1	15.95 km^2 (6.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,407
• Density	340/km^2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65100 /65320
Elevation	273–378 m (896–1,240 ft) (avg. 287 m or 942 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bordères-sur-l'Échez (French pronunciation: [bɔʁdɛʁ syʁ leʃɛs], literally Bordères on the Échez; Occitan: Bordèras) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. It is approximately 6 km northwest of Tarbes.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Borderais, and has the nickname named Les Cabilats.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,950	—
1975	3,426	+2.16%
1982	3,712	+1.15%
1990	3,893	+0.60%
1999	3,551	−1.02%
2007	4,024	+1.58%
2012	4,639	+2.89%
2017	5,227	+2.42%
2019	5,357	+1.24%
Source: INSEE[3]

International relations

The commune of Bordères-sur-l'Échez was twinned with:

• Alcanar, Spain

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
• Michèle Artigue, mathematician, born in Bordères-sur-l'Échez in 1946

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE