Viger, Hautes-Pyrénées

Commune in Occitania, France

43°03′47″N 0°02′51″W / 43.0631°N 0.0475°W / 43.0631; -0.0475CountryFranceRegionOccitaniaDepartmentHautes-PyrénéesArrondissementArgelès-GazostCantonLourdes-1IntercommunalityCA Tarbes-Lourdes-PyrénéesArea3.37 km² (1.30 sq mi)Population144 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation385–1,160 m (1,263–3,806 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Historically and culturally, the commune is in the province of Lavedan, south-western part of Bigorre and made up of a set of seven valleys upstream of the town of Lourdes. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by various small rivers. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage: two Natura 2000 sites (the “gaves de Pau and Cauterets (and gorge of Cauterets)” and “granquet-Pibeste and Soum d’Ech”), a protected area (the regional nature reserve of Pibeste-Aoulhet massif) and three natural areas of ecological, fauna and flora interest.

Viger is a rural commune which had 144 inhabitants in 2021, after experiencing a sharp increase in population since 1962. It is in the agglomeration of Lourdes and is part of the Lourdes catchment area. Its inhabitants are called the Vigérois or Vigéroises.

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See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

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