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Nestier
Sign in to saveNestier (; ) is a French commune located in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, in the region Occitanie. Historically, Nestier fell under the administration of Gascony.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Nestier
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Calvaire du Mont Arès, à Nestier.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Shrines, Mont Arès, Nestier
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Nestier (65).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Bagnères-de-Bigorre
- French commune.canton
- La Vallée de la Barousse
- French commune.INSEE
- 65327
- French commune.postal code
- 65150
- French commune.mayor
- Bernard Rouede
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Neste Barousse
- French commune.elevation m
- 478
- French commune.elevation min m
- 458
- French commune.elevation max m
- 604
- French commune.area km2
- 4.94
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Nestier
- Population
- 206
- Area
- 4.94
- Elevation
- 504
- Image
- Vue du Vallon de Bouchère - ouest.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nestier
- postal code
- 65150
- male population
- 76
- female population
- 80
- P8168
- Dagmar Enkelmann
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-62-39-73-32
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Nestier (; ) is a French commune located in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, in the region Occitanie. Historically, Nestier fell under the administration of Gascony.
Its history is marked by the following periods: the prehistory with the remains of the Neanderthal cave of the "Cap de la Bielle"; Modern era with two central characters: François de Saint-Paul and Louis de Cazaux, Lords de Nestier, the first large army officer of Louis XIV and Governor of the "Val de Aran", the second large master of the Cavalry School of Versailles and squire Cavalcadour of Louis XV; the post-revolutionary period: Nestier is then chief town of canton and sees the construction of the devotional site called "Calvaire du Mont-Arès"; the contemporary period with the reconstruction of the calvary registered with the inventory of the historical monuments and the realization of an organic swim.
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