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Hautes-Pyrénées

American  
[oht-pee-rey-ney] / oʊt pi reɪˈneɪ /

noun

  1. a department in SW France. 1,751 sq. mi. (4,535 sq. km). Tarbes.

Hautes-Pyrénées British  
/ otpirene /

noun

  1. a department of SW France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Tarbes. Pop: 224 053 (2003 est). Area: 4534 sq km (1768 sq miles)

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SAZOS.—A small village near St. Sauveur, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, below the hamlet of Grust.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

SIRADAN.—A small bathing resort in the valley of same name, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, with a bathing establishment and hotel in one building, 2 miles from Saléchan station on the Luchon-Montrejeau line.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

BOO-SILHEN.—A village and railway station on the line from Lourdes to Pierrefitte, in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

TARBES.—A large town on the Adour, in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

GERDE.—A village in the Campan valley, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, near Bigorre.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

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