Tarbes

Tarbes is a French city and commune, in the d?partement of Hautes-Pyr?n?es, of which it is the pr?fecture. It is part of the historical region of Gascony. Population (1999): 46,275.

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To the south of Tarbes is the pilgrimage town of Lourdes and then the border with Spain.

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Commune: A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. Within that framework, the word can have various meanings:...

Gascony: Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced /gaskawn/ ; Gascon: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area of southwest France that constituted a royal province prior to the French Revolution. It is currently divided between the Aquitaine r?gion (d?partements of Landes, Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques, south of Gironde, and ...