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Commune in Occitania, France

Viscos
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°54′39″N 0°02′34″W / 42.9108°N 0.0428°W / 42.9108; -0.0428
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton La Vallée des Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026) Guy Lonca[1]
Area1 6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Population (2022-01-01)[2] 34
• Density 5.2/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 65478 /65120
Elevation 520–2,139 m (1,706–7,018 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viscos (French pronunciation: [viskɔs]; Occitan: Biscòs) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. It is famous for being the setting of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho's 2000 novel The Devil and Miss Prym.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

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