Aventignan

Aventignan
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Aventignan
Location within Occitanie region  Aventignan
Coordinates: 43°04′09″N 0°31′18″E / 43.0692°N 0.5217°E / 43.0692; 0.5217Coordinates: 43°04′09″N 0°31′18″E / 43.0692°N 0.5217°E / 43.0692; 0.5217
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton	Saint-Laurent-de-Neste
Intercommunality	Canton de Saint-Laurent
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yoan Rumeau
Area1	5.22 km2 (2.02 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	180
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	65051 /65660
Elevation	434–783 m (1,424–2,569 ft) (avg. 448 m or 1,470 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aventignan is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

Close to Aventignan are the Gargas caves, a natural underground formation of stalactites and stalagmites. The caves are sometimes described as the Grotto of Gargas, in reference to an ancient chieftain who used the place as a prison.