Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Encyclopedia
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a French
commune
in the south-western Hautes-Pyrénées
department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
English writer and comedian Tony Hawks
purchased a house in a village near Bagnères-de-Bigorre as told in his 2006 book A Piano in the Pyrenees.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the south-western Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...
department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
Notable people
Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:- Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount AlanbrookeAlan Brooke, 1st Viscount AlanbrookeField Marshal The Rt. Hon. Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar , was a senior commander in the British Army. He was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War, and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1944...
- The Société RamondSociété RamondThe Société Ramond is a French learned society devoted to the study of the Pyrenees. It is named after the French politician, geologist, botanist and explorer Louis Ramond de Carbonnières and is based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre.-Founding:...
, formed at a meeting between Henry RussellHenry Russell (explorer)Henry Patrick Marie, Count Russell-Killough was one of the pioneers of Pyrenean exploration, known for his obsession with the Vignemale.-Early life:...
, Charles Packe, Maxwell Lyte and Emilien Frossard in 1865, and named after Louis Ramond de CarbonnièresLouis Ramond de CarbonnièresLouis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières , was a French politician, geologist and botanist...
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English writer and comedian Tony Hawks
Tony Hawks
Antony Gordon Hawksworth, better known as Tony Hawks, is a British comedian and author.-Early life:Born in Brighton in 1960, Hawks was educated at Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School and Brighton College...
purchased a house in a village near Bagnères-de-Bigorre as told in his 2006 book A Piano in the Pyrenees.
Sport
- Stade BagnéraisStade BagnéraisStade Bagnérais is a French rugby union club currently competing at the fourth level of the French league system . They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, at the foot of the Pyrénées.Formed in 1901 they have reached the final of...
- unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team - Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
stage finish in 2008, won by Ricardo Ricco