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Aventignan
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Place details
- Locality
- Aventignan
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 189
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Aventignan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Aventignan (65).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Bagnères-de-Bigorre
- French commune.canton
- La Vallée de la Barousse
- French commune.INSEE
- 65051
- French commune.postal code
- 65660
- French commune.mayor
- Yoan Rumeau
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Neste Barousse
- French commune.image
- Vue générale du village d'Aventignan.jpg
- French commune.elevation m
- 448
- French commune.elevation min m
- 434
- French commune.elevation max m
- 783
- French commune.area km2
- 5.22
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Population
- See also
- References
Aventignan (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
==Geography== Close to Aventignan are the Gargas caves, a natural underground formation of stalactites and stalagmites. The caves are sometimes described as the Grotto of Gargas, in reference to an ancient chieftain who used the place as a prison.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aventignan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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