Viscos
Appearance
Viscos | |
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A general view of Viscos | |
Coordinates: 42°54′39″N 0°02′34″W / 42.9108°N 0.0428°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
Canton | La Vallée des Gaves |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Lonca[1] |
Area 1 | 6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 33 |
• Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 65478 /65120 |
Elevation | 520–2,139 m (1,706–7,018 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Viscos (French pronunciation: [viskɔs]; Occitan: Biscòs) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. It is famous for being the setting of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho's 2000 novel The Devil and Miss Prym.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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