Maubourguet

Geography

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 . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Maubourguet was on 11 August 1947; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 21 February 1956.