Bordères-sur-l'Échez

Bordères-sur-l'Échez
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°16′N 0°03′E / 43.26°N 0.05°E / 43.26; 0.05Coordinates: 43°16′N 0°03′E / 43.26°N 0.05°E / 43.26; 0.05
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Bordères-sur-l'Échez
Intercommunality	CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Paul
Area 1	15.95 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	5,340
• Density	330/km2 (870/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bordères-sur-l'Échez 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.

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[]

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