Adast | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Adast  | |
  Adast  Adast | |
| Coordinates:42°58′29″N0°04′36″W / 42.9747°N 0.0767°W /42.9747; -0.0767 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Serge Laguibeau[1] |
Area 1 | 1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 302 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65001 /65260 |
| Elevation | 434–542 m (1,424–1,778 ft) (avg. 444 m or 1,457 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Adast is a village andcommune in theHautes-Pyrénéesdepartment in southwesternFrance. It is inSent Savin valley in theBigorre region.
The commune is bordered by four other communes. It also bordersLau-Balagnas by a simplequadripoint:Saint-Savin to the west,Lau-Balagnas by a quadripoint to the north,Beaucens to the east, and finally byPierrefitte-Nestalas to the south.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 174 | — |
| 1975 | 200 | +2.01% |
| 1982 | 205 | +0.35% |
| 1990 | 203 | −0.12% |
| 1999 | 227 | +1.25% |
| 2007 | 244 | +0.91% |
| 2012 | 273 | +2.27% |
| 2017 | 292 | +1.35% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
In 1270, theChâteau de Miramont was bequeathed after the death of Mathe de Bigorre-Mâtas to one of his daughters, Marguerite.
In the 17th century, it became the refuge of the poetCyprian Despourrins whose mother was Gabrielle de Miramont. The castle was then bought by Bernard Abadie-Gaye, an inhabitant ofSazos (nearLuz-Saint-Sauveur). It was then sold by a descendant of this family, Célestin Carrere, son of Louise Abadie-Gaye, in 1914.
The château was later inhabited by Dr.Jean François Calot (1861-1944), a surgeon who advanced orthopaedic surgery preferring conservative treatments to the systematic amputations. He spent his entire career from 1890 atBerck and he retired to the Château de Miramont.
At the end of the 1960s, the Château de Miramont was bought by the journalist, radio and television hostJacques Chancel, who came from the nearby village ofAyzac-Ost.
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