Adast

Adast is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. It is in Sent Savin valley in the Bigorre region.

Adast
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Adast
Adast Adast
Coordinates: 42°58′29″N 0°04′36″W
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Philippe Castaignede
Area ^1	1.05 km^2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	292
• Density	280/km^2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65001 /65260
Elevation	434–542 m (1,424–1,778 ft) (avg. 444 m or 1,457 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	244	—
2007	244	+0.0%
2008	250	+2.5%
2009	253	+1.2%
2010	257	+1.6%
2011	261	+1.6%
2012	273	+4.6%
2013	279	+2.2%
2014	283	+1.4%
2015	288	+1.8%
2016	292	+1.4%

Sites and monuments

In 1270, the Château de Miramont was bequeathed after the death of Mathe de Bigorre-Mâtas to one of his daughters, Marguerite.

In the 17th Century, it became the refuge of the poet Cyprian Despourrins whose mother was Gabrielle de Miramont. The castle was then bought by Bernard Abadie-Gaye, an inhabitant of Sazos (near Luz-Saint-Sauveur). It was then sold by a descendant of this family, Célestin Carrere, son of Louise Abadie-Gaye, in 1914.

The château was later inhabited by Dr. Jean François Calot (1861-1944), a surgeon who advanced orthopaedic surgery preferring conservative treatments to the systematic amputations. He spent his entire career from 1890 at Berck and he retired to the Château de Miramont.

At the end of the 1960s, the Château de Miramont was bought by the journalist, radio and television host Jacques Chancel, who came from the nearby village of Ayzac-Ost.

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.