Loucrup Explained

Loucrup
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Loucrup (65).svg
Arrondissement:	Tarbes
Canton:	Ossun
Insee:	65281
Postal Code:	65200
Mayor:	Jean-François Dron^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates:	43.1208°N 0.0708°W
Elevation M:	542
Elevation Min M:	397
Elevation Max M:	588
Area Km2:	3.62

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

Sight and monuments

Saint-Martin Church (19th century)
Roman oppidum at the sources of the Aube on the Toulouse-Dax Roman road
Medieval castle now disappeared that was on the road to Layrisse
Former station on the Campan-Lourdes tramway line that operated from 1914 to 1932 (Tramway de la Bigorre)
viewpoint over the Pyrénées
Source of the Aube, a tributary of the Échez
Tourist route between Bagnères-de-Bigorre and Lourdes

Sport

Loucrup was passed through on the route of Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées, 14 June.^[2]

People linked to the commune

Antoine Duffourc (born 1851 in Loucrup; died 1926 in Beaudéan) was a French historian. He wrote numerous works on the history of the Hautes-Pyrénées.

See also

Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

Notes and References

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
Web site: Discovery+ .