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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 E. Ernest Bilbrough

An unpretentious village with good hotel accommodation, situated among some of the most magnificent scenery in the Hautes-Pyrénées, 13 miles from Luz.

From Twixt France and Spain by E. Ernest Bilbrough

Several interesting ruins, &c., for which refer to Chapter I. LOURDES.—A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées, and railway station on the direct line from Pau to Toulouse, and junction with the line to Pierrefitte.

From Twixt France and Spain by E. Ernest Bilbrough

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

From Twixt France and Spain by E. Ernest Bilbrough

Barèges, a village on the Hautes-Pyrénées, at 4000 ft. above the sea-level, resorted to for its mineral waters.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

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