Loudervielle

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

Loudervielle
Commune
The church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Coat of arms
Location of Loudervielle
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Coordinates: 42°48′35″N 0°25′19″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton	Neste, Aure et Louron
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Évelyne Bertranuc
Area ^1	5.39 km^2 (2.08 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	54
• Density	10/km^2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65283 /65510
Elevation	1,038–2,034 m (3,406–6,673 ft) (avg. 1,150 m or 3,770 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loudervielle sits in the Bigorre region, in the valley of the river Louron. The west side of the mountain pass Col de Peyresourde lies on the eastern edge of the commune.

The village's original Latin name, found in the church register of Comminges, was De Lodirvilla, and the name in Occitan is Lodervièla.[2]

Coat of arms of Loudervielle

The village arms are described as azure, a lion or, a chief argent with three crescents of the field, the largest in the middle.

Sights and monuments

• Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
• 12th-century Tour de Moulor, the ruins of a medieval castle.

See also

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Michel Grosclaude et Jean-François Le Nail, Dictionnaire toponymique des communes des Hautes-Pyrénées intégrant les travaux de Jacques Boisgontier, Conseil général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000.