Tarbes and Hautes-Pyrénées local news roundup, Digi Mart USA News (Tarbes, France): Météo France forecasts a cloudy day with possible showers. It will be 13°C in Tarbes this morning and reach 21°C in the afternoon.
Today is the feast day of Théodore, Dorian and Doriane. On this date in history, the Treaty of Seville ended the Anglo-Spanish War in 1729, and Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in the 18 Brumaire coup in 1799.
In 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated, and poet Guillaume Apollinaire died in Paris the same day.
Other November 9 events include Hitler’s failed Munich putsch in 1923 and the Kristallnacht pogroms across Germany in 1938. Charles de Gaulle died in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises in 1970, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
Denis Jouvin continues the tradition of the gâteau à la broche. Using brown caramel and salted butter recipes, the former cook reinterprets this specialty deeply rooted in the valley.
On Sunday, November 29, 2026, Tarbes Pyrénées Athlétisme will host the 43rd Lourdes-Tarbes half marathon. The program includes a 21.1 km race between Lourdes and Tarbes and a 12 km run or walk starting from Lanne.
Registration is limited to 3,500 participants.
France’s Conseil d’État has confirmed the annulment of the municipal elections. A provisional delegation will handle routine affairs until new elections are held, while both candidates say they are ready to return to campaigning.
The Pau administrative court ordered five companies jointly to pay a provision of €963,735.93 to the City of Tarbes to repair damage to the Brauhauban hall parking lot. Persistent water infiltration has made 40 parking spaces unusable and could eventually threaten the building’s structural integrity.
The ruling mainly holds the waterproofing contractor responsible, as well as the project management group.
After a first mobilization on October 16, employees of Keolis Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées have announced a new day of action on Monday, November 9. They seek the opening of genuine negotiations on pay, working conditions and social dialogue.
A 39-year-old Russian national living in Tarbes, who had been ordered by the Hautes-Pyrénées prefecture to leave France immediately and faced a two-year re-entry ban, has had those measures withdrawn after appealing to the Pau administrative court. The court recognized his right to remain in France while his asylum application is examined.
Facing what he describes as a critical financial situation, the new mayor of Lannemezan outlines his approach and priorities. He has detailed the first choices of his team on taxation, investment and schools.
While the Bagnères-de-Bigorre city council plans to rehabilitate the boulodrome at the Stade Marcel-Cazenave, boules players will move to new facilities next to the Point Vert.
The Brocante Générale, which recently opened on rue Justin Daléas in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, offers antiques and unusual items at low prices. Marie and Jeff run the shop.
Installed beside the Maison du Savoir in Saint-Laurent-de-Neste, the media library has changed considerably since its days as a volunteer association. It offers manga, board games and surprise loans, according to welcome staff member Gisèle.
After the first priorities of his term, Lannemezan mayor Laurent Lages discussed projects being prepared to improve facilities and transportation in Lannemezan.
