A UNIQUE TERRITORY IN THE WORLD COMBINING NATURE, FORCE AND AMBITION.

EXCEPTIONAL TOURIST SITES

Tourism is one of the main assets of the territory.
It has developed around Lourdes and its pilgrimage site, ski resorts such as Tourmalet,St Lary, Cauterets or Peyragudes, balneology and thermoludism sites and also in worlwide renowned sites like the Cirque de Gavarnie or the Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory.

A PRO BUSINESS REGION

The Hautes Pyrénées department has always been a pionner in the industrial field first with electrical equipments, the textile, rail and military industries. Today it has expanded in aeronautics and electronics. The main activity is located in the Tarbes plain, around Lourdes and has also expanded in Lannemezan and Bagnères-de-Bigorre.

This sector is in constant evolution in the Hautes-Pyrénées and thanks to numerous companies of international renown (Alstom, Arkema, Daher (formerly known as Socata), Knauf, Tarmac, SCT…) and highly contributes to the economic development and attractiveness of the region.