Canton
24 municipalities
History
bastide based in 1306
Economy
4°cattle fair
Leisure
8 marked outcircuits
Riding school
Information
practical
culinary recipe
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Rabastens's
village is in the North of the department of high Pyrenees,
region Noon - Pyrenees. This municipality is situated in the
part is from the valley of Adour, at feet of a series of
hillsides which separates it from the valley of nearby
Arros. Numerous streams the crossbar among which Alaric and
Estéous. The first one is a "artificial" canal which
takes its source in Adour to Ordizan and extends over 60 km
until Ju-Belloc in the Gers. Estéous, as for him,
begins to Souyeaux and covers 45 km until
Labatut-Rivière. It is constituted by
argilo-siliceous, very rocky lands, appropriate for the
culture of the corn (which constitutes at present a
quasi-monoculture). Hillsides are covered with wood and with
some prairies.
Latitude
43°22 ' N. Longitude 0°9 ' E.
Height 217
métres. Surface: 9km2. Density: 150 inhabitants /
km2
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