Pierrefitte-Nestalas
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Pierrefitte-Nestalas | |
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 The town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Pierrefitte-Nestalas  | |
  Pierrefitte-Nestalas  Pierrefitte-Nestalas | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′43″N 0°04′21″W / 42.9619°N 0.0725°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Arrondissement | Argelès-Gazost |
| Canton | La Vallée des Gaves |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Noël Pereira da Cunha[1] |
Area 1 | 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,101 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 65362 /65260 |
| Elevation | 452–701 m (1,483–2,300 ft) (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pierrefitte-Nestalas is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Pierrefitte-Nestalas is in the southern part of the Lavedan valley in the central French Pyrenees mountains. It is at the point of confluence of the Gave de Gavarnie and the Gave de Cauterets torrents, which converge to become the Gave de Pau. The town is surrounded by mountains such as the Hautacam and the Cabaliros. It is a necessary point of passage to gain access to either Cauterets or to the Pays Toy and Gavarnie beyond.
