Loucrup

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Loucrup
Commune
The village of Loucrup
Coat of arms
Location of Loucrup
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Coordinates: 43°07′15″N 0°04′15″E / 43.1208°N 0.0708°E / 43.1208; 0.0708
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Ossun
Intercommunality	CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Dron
Area 1	3.62 km2 (1.40 sq mi)
Elevation	542 m (1,778 ft)
Highest elevation	588 m (1,929 ft)
Lowest elevation	397 m (1,302 ft)
Population  (2023)	253
• Density	69.9/km2 (181/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65281 /65200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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

References

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