Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a commune of southwestern France, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population (1999): 8,052.

Geography

Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located on the Adour river.

Births

Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:

• Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
• The Société Ramond, formed at a meeting between Henry Russell, Charles Packe, Maxwell Lyte and Emilien Frossard in 1865, and named after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières.

Notable residents

English writer and comedian Tony Hawks purchased a house in a village near Bagnères-de-Bigorre as told in his 2006 book A Piano in the Pyrenees.

Sport

• Stade Bagnérais - union team
• Tour de France stage finish in 2008, won by Ricardo Ricco

See also

• Bigorre
• La Mongie