Batsère | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Batsère (65).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bagnères-de-Bigorre |
Canton: | La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses |
Insee: | 65071 |
Postal Code: | 65130 |
Mayor: | Hervé Carrère[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 43.0628°N 0.29°W |
Elevation M: | 450 |
Elevation Min M: | 387 |
Elevation Max M: | 634 |
Area Km2: | 2.3 |
Batsère (in French pronounced as /batsɛʁ/; Occitan (post 1500);: Vathsèra) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.
Batsère is located 26 km (orthodromic distance) from Tarbes,[2] prefecture of the department and 11 km from Bagnères-de-Bigorre.[3]
The territory of the commune is vulnerable to various natural hazards: meteorological (storms, thunderstorms, snow, extreme cold, heat wave or drought), floods, forest fires, land movements and earthquakes (medium seismicity).[4]
Batsère is a rural commune with 31 inhabitants as of 2021. There was a peak population of 179 in 1872. Its inhabitants are called Batsers or Batséroises in French.