Tarbes - Tarbes (English spelling)

The capital of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. It is located at the northern foot of the Pyrenees, on the left bank of the upper Adour River. It has a population of 46,275 (1999). It appears in Caesar's "Commentary on the Gallic Wars" as Bigorra, and was the capital of the County of Bigorre in the 10th century. A Romanesque bishop's seat (since the 5th century) stands on the ruins of the castle. It was a distribution center for agricultural products and livestock, and was known for producing war horses, but now cattle are the main producer. Since the construction of the railway, industries such as electricity, machinery, wool, leather, and paper have developed. It is the center of summer tourism in the Pyrenees. In 1814, the British Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon's French army near this town. It is the birthplace of the military man Foch and the poet Gautier.

[Nobuyoshi Aoki]

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フランス南西部、オート・ピレネー県の県都。ピレネー山脈の北麓(ほくろく)、アドゥール川上流左岸に位置する。人口4万6275（1999）。カエサルの『ガリア戦記』にビゴーラBigorraの名でみえ、10世紀にビゴール伯爵領の首都となった。その城跡にはロマネスク様式の司教座（5世紀以来）教会が建つ。農産物、家畜の集散地で、軍馬の生産で知られたが、現在はウシが中心。鉄道の敷設以後、電気、機械、毛織物、皮革、製紙などの工業が発達した。ピレネー山脈の夏の観光の中心地。1814年、イギリスのウェリントン公は、この町の近くでナポレオンのフランス軍に勝利した。軍人フォッシュ、詩人ゴーチエの出身地。

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