Cieutat

Cieutat

The church of Saint-Barthélémy

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Cieutat

Coordinates: 43°07′23″N 0°12′56″E / 43.1231°N 0.2156°E / 43.1231; 0.2156Coordinates: 43°07′23″N 0°12′56″E / 43.1231°N 0.2156°E / 43.1231; 0.2156
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton Canton of Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Haute-Bigorre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Marie-José Darre-Cabarrou
Area1 18.78 km2 (7.25 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 518
  Density 28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 65147 / 65200
Elevation 327–589 m (1,073–1,932 ft)
(avg. 584 m or 1,916 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cieutat is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.

Its name comes from the Latin word civitas because in the Early Middle Ages it was the capital of the former French province of Bigorre.

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