Saint-Lary-Soulan is a commune located in the south-east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France).
The commune, in the Pays d’Aure, is made up of the Neste valley (downstream of Sarrancolin), the Aure valley (upstream of Sarrancolin) and the Louron valley.
Exposed to a mountain climate, it is drained by the Neste, the Neste de Rioumajou, and the Saint-Jacques stream.
Included in the Pyrenees National Park, the commune has a remarkable natural heritage: two Natura 2000 sites (Riumajou and Moudang and Néouvielle), a protected area (the Néouvielle national nature reserve) and eleven natural areas of ecological, fauna and flora interest.
Saint-Lary-Soulan is a rural commune that has had 839 inhabitants since 2021.
Main attractions
- Saint-Lary-Soulan thermal baths.
- Tour Hachan, which houses the house of the Pyrenees national park.
- Saint-Lary-Soulan ski resort: Pla d’Adet (1,700 m), Soum de Matte and Espiaube (1,900 m), and Vallon du Portet (2,380 m above sea level).
- Chapel of Sainte-Marie de Saint-Lary (or Notre-Dame du Bouchet, or Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel), 19th century.
- The Pla d’Adet chapel.
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges church in Saint-Lary, 20th century.
- Church of Saint-Pierre de Soulan, 17th century, with a Romanesque tympanum.
- Water Mill.
- The municipal war memorial is the work of Charles-Henri Pourquet.
- House of the Pyrenees National Park in an old 16th century residence linked to the siege of Tarbes.
How to get to?
From Paris: 8 hr 10 min (829 km) via A20
From Toulouse: 1 hr 55 min (155 km) via A64
From Andorra: 3 hr 58 min (262 km) via A64
From Madrid: 6 hr 20 min (550 km) via A-2
From Monaco: 7 hr 24 min (731 km) via A8
From Moscow: 39 hr (3,604 km) via E30/M1
From Belgrade: 20 hr 41 min (2,035 km) via E70
From Istanbul: 31 hr (2,984 km) via E70
From Bern: 9 hr 53 min (989 km) via A9
Main information
Area: 90,97 km2
Population: 839
Coordinates: 42°49′N 0°19′E
Language: French
Currency: Euro
Visa: Schengen
Time: Central European UTC +1
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