Tarbes

Tarbes, a town in the south of France, capital of the dept. of Hautes-Pyrénées, stands on the left bank of the Adour, 30 miles ESE. of Pau by rail. The cathedral is the principal building. There is a government cannon-foundry in the place, which is the seat of an active general trade. Pop. (1881) 17,744; (1891) 24,784. Tarbes dates from the time of the Romans, and its bishopric was founded in the year 420. It was in the hands of the English in the 13th and 14th centuries.