Campan
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The town hall of Campan | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Campan | |
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| Coordinates: 43°01′03″N 0°10′42″E / 43.0175°N 0.1783°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
| Canton | La Haute-Bigorre |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexandre Pujo-Menjouet |
Area 1 | 95.36 km2 (36.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 1,245 |
| • Density | 13.06/km2 (33.81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65123 /65710 |
| Elevation | 629–2,747 m (2,064–9,012 ft) (avg. 656 m or 2,152 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Campan (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃pɑ̃]; Occitan: Campan) is a French commune located in the center of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Occitanie region. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the province of Haut-Adour, formerly included in the old county of Bigorre.
This mountainous area consists of the western extensions of the Néouvielle and Arbizon massifs. Experiencing a mountain climate, it is drained by the Adour, Adour de Gripp, Adour de Lesponne, Gaoube, Gaoubole, Garet, the Arizes stream, and various other small rivers. Included in the Pyrénées National Park, the commune boasts a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site ("Liset de Hount Blanque"), a protected area ("Adour and tributaries"), and sixteen natural areas of ecological, faunal, and floristic interest.
Campan is a rural commune with 1,264 inhabitants in 2022, after having experienced a population peak of 4,329 inhabitants in 1821. It is in the Bagnères-de-Bigorre urban area and is part of the Bagnères-de-Bigorre catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Campanois or Campanoises.