Bordères-sur-l'Échez

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Jérôme Crampe^[1]Area15.95 km² (6.16 sq mi)Population5,407 • Density340/km² (880/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation273–378 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 (French pronunciation: [bɔʁdɛʁ syʁ leʃɛs], literally Bordères on the Échez; Occitan: Bordèras) 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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,950	—
1975	3,426	+2.16%
1982	3,712	+1.15%
1990	3,893	+0.60%
1999	3,551	−1.02%
2007	4,024	+1.58%
2012	4,639	+2.89%
2017	5,227	+2.42%
2019	5,357	+1.24%
Source: INSEE[3]

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