Batsère

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Batsère

(2020–2026) Hervé Carrère^[1]Area

2.3 km² (0.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

31 • Density13/km² (35/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

65071 /65130

Elevation387–634 m (1,270–2,080 ft)
(avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Batsère (French pronunciation: [batsɛʁ]; Occitan: Vathsèra) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

Geography

Batsère is located 26 km (orthodromic distance) from Tarbes,^[3] prefecture of the department and 11 km from Bagnères-de-Bigorre.^[4]

The territory of the commune is vulnerable to various natural hazards: meteorological (storms, thunderstorms, snow, extreme cold, heat wave or drought), floods, forest fires, land movements and earthquakes (medium seismicity).^[5]

Population

Batsère is a rural commune with 31 inhabitants as of 2021. There was a peak population of 179 in 1872. Its inhabitants are called Batsers or Batséroises in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	43	—
1975	39	−1.39%
1982	30	−3.68%
1990	36	+2.31%
1999	38	+0.60%
2009	47	+2.15%
2014	41	−2.69%
2020	32	−4.05%
Source: INSEE^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Georg, Stephan. "Distance entre Batsère et Tarbes". distance.to.
^ Georg, Stephan. "Distance entre Batsère et Bagnères-de-Bigorre". distance.to.
^ Ministère de la transition écologiques et de la cohésion des territoires. "Les risques près de chez moi - Bastère". Géorisques (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE