Maubourguet

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Maubourguet
Commune
The town hall of Maubourguet
Coat of arms
Location of Maubourguet
Maubourguet Show map of France Maubourguet Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°28′09″N 0°02′11″E / 43.4692°N 0.0364°E / 43.4692; 0.0364
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais
Intercommunality	Adour Madiran
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Nadal[1]
Area 1	22.04 km2 (8.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,245
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65304 /65700
Elevation	164–285 m (538–935 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maubourguet (pronounced [mobuʁɡɛ]; Gascon: Mauborguet) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France, in the Occitanie region.

Historically, Maubourguet belonged to the County of Bigorre. The town is situated at the crossing of two major roads, Auch-Pau and Bordeaux-Tarbes.

Maubourguet is situated in Occitanie, in the north of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. It is mainly located on the shores of the Adour river.

The town is located 625 km (as the crow flies) southwest of the French capital, Paris, 115 km southwest of the regional capital, Toulouse and 26.2 km north-west of the prefecture of the department, Tarbes.

Maubourguet borders on nine different communes.

To the north: Estirac and Sombrun

To the east: Auriébat, Sauveterre and Lafitole

To the south: Vic-en-Bigorre, Nouilhan and Larreule

To the west: Lahitte-Toupière

Maubourguet is located south of the Aquitaine Basin, a vast sedimentary geological region of the south-west of France, close to the Pyrénées, and in the valley of the Adour, before its bend towards the Atlantic.

The territory of Maubourguet extends over 22.04 km²; its elevation varies between 164 and 285 meters. The highest point of the commune is in the west, on the hills overlooking the plain of the Adour. The minimum elevation is at the level of the Adour when it leaves the territory in the north.

Maubourguet has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Maubourguet is 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 904.3 mm (35.60 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.9 °C (42.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Maubourguet was 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) on 11 August 1947; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.5 °C (4.1 °F) on 21 February 1956.

• Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

• Town website
• Pays du Val d'Adour website

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