Loudervielle (; oc, Lodervièla) is a
commune in the
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs es, Altos Pirineos; ca, Alts Pirineus alts piɾiˈneʊs English: Upper Pyrenees) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in south-western
France.
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
The Comminges (; Occitan/ Gascon: ''Comenge'') is an ancient region of southern France in the foothills of the Pyrenees, corresponding closely to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens in the department of Haute-Garonne. This natural region is norma ...
, was ''De Lodirvilla'', and the name in
Occitan is ''Lodervièla''.
[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.]
The village arms are described as azure, a lion or, a chief argent with three crescents of the field, the largest in the middle.
Geography
Sights and monuments
* Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
* 12th-century Tour de Moulor, the ruins of a medieval castle.
Climate
Loudervielle has an
oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
(
Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Loudervielle is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Loudervielle was on 18 August 2012; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 March 2005.
See also
*
Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
References
Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées
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