Bigorre

E100753

cultural region historic region

Bigorre is a historic cultural region in southwestern France, centered around the foothills of the Pyrenees and now largely within the modern Occitanie administrative region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Bigorre canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historic region ⓘ
administrativeIntegration	largely included in Hautes-Pyrénées department ⓘ partly included in Gers department (marginal areas) ⓘ
borders	Armagnac ⓘ Pyrénées-Atlantiques ⓘ surface form: Béarn Comminges ⓘ Lavedan (Pyrenean valleys) ⓘ
capital	Tarbes ⓘ
contains	Bagnères-de-Bigorre ⓘ Lourdes ⓘ Tarbes ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	Pyrenees ⓘ southwestern France ⓘ surface form: Southwest France
formerPoliticalEntity	County of Bigorre ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ livestock farming ⓘ spa industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature	Adour ⓘ surface form: Adour river basin Pyrenean foothills ⓘ mountain valleys ⓘ
historicalLanguageGroup	Occitania ⓘ surface form: Occitan language area
historicalProvinceOf	France ⓘ
historicalStatus	county in the Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalTerritoryCorrespondsTo	Hautes-Pyrénées ⓘ surface form: Hautes-Pyrénées department (most of)
knownFor	Bigorre black pork (porc noir de Bigorre) ⓘ mountain tourism ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ sheep and cattle raising ⓘ ski resorts in the Pyrenees ⓘ thermal spas ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Gascon Occitan ⓘ surface form: Gascon dialect Occitan ⓘ
locatedIn	Gascogne ⓘ surface form: Gascogne (Gascony) Occitanie ⓘ Pyrenees ⓘ surface form: Pyrenees region foothills of the Pyrenees ⓘ southwestern France ⓘ
partOf	Gascogne ⓘ surface form: Gascony Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Occitanie administrative region
religiousCenter	Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes ⓘ
traditionalCulture	Occitan-Gascon customs ⓘ
traditionalDance	Gascon dances ⓘ
traditionalMusic	Gascon folk music ⓘ
traversedBy	Adour ⓘ surface form: Adour River

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Occitanie → hasCulturalRegion → Bigorre ⓘ

Midi-Pyrénées → historicalRegion → Bigorre ⓘ

Tarbes → historicRegion → Bigorre ⓘ

GR 10 → passesThrough → Bigorre ⓘ