Cordier, and Bagnères-Pouzac SIVU Sports; Tennis Courts: inside and outside; The Municipal Equestrian Center; Bigorre Golf Course (in Pouzac); The Adour Artificial whitewater; A Fronton in the Sports Park; A Skatepark; Bédat Shooting Range; A range of mountain activities at Tourmalet In 2008 and 2013 Bagnères-de-Bigorre was a stage in the Tour de France: 2008 Tour de France: stage finish, won by Vladimir Efimkin 2013 Tour de France: stage finish, won by Dan Martin Worship The Parish of Bagneres-de-Bigorre includes 17 communes in the diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes (Haut-Adour Sector). The Petit-Rocher Carmel was founded in 1833 by Mother Marie-des-Anges. Expelled in 1901, the Carmelites returned in 1921 and a new community was formed in 2009. There is also a temple of the Reformed Church built by Emilien Frossard in 1857. It is attached to the parish of Hautes-Pyrenees with Tarbes and Cauterets. Notable residents The Bédat Family: came from Bagnères-de-Bigorre André Joseph Boussart (1758–1813): General of the Republican armies and of the Empire, died at Bagnères-de-Bigorre Alfred Roland (1797–1874): composer and creator of the Conservatory of Music of Bagnères-de-Bigorre Marie-Armand d'Avezac de Castera-Macaya (1798–1875): archivist and geographer, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Jean-Jacques Vignerte (1806–1870): Politician, died at Bagnères-de-Bigorre Charles Dancla (1817–1907): violinist and composer, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Charles Duclerc (1812–1888): Politician, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham (1841–1918): British explorer and Royal Navy officer, designer of the flag of New Zealand, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Dominique Soulé (1847?-?): Founder of the railway materials industrial works in 1862 which carried his name until 1992 Blanche Odin (1865–1957): Painter water-colourist, lived and died in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Julián Bourdeu (1870–1932): Journalist and Police commissary in Argentina, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Philadelphe de Gerde (1871–1952): Félibrige poet from Gerde who has a stele commemorating here opposite the thermal baths Marcellin Duclos (1879–1969): Opera singer (Baritone), born and died in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke (1883–1963): British Army officer, became Chief of the Imperial General Staff, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Pierre-Georges Latécoère (1883–1943): Industrialist and businessman, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Pierre Lamy de la Chapelle (Limoges 1892-Bagnères-de-Bigorre 1944): son of Dominique Soulé, pioneer of the ski station at La Mongie, founded the tennis club of Bagnères-de-Bigorre in 1920, originated the idea of serving the Pic-du-Midi with a cable car Tony Poncet (1918–1979): tenor, Opera singer and war veteran, lived in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Jean Gachassin (1941–): former French rugby player and president of the Fédération française de tennis,