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{{PopulatedPlace | {{PopulatedPlace | ||
| populated_place_name = Lourdes | |populated_place_name=Lourdes | ||
| country = France | |country=France | ||
| administrative_subdivision = Occitanie | |administrative_subdivision=Occitanie | ||
| type = Town | |type=Town | ||
| population = 13552 | |population=13552 | ||
| catholic_percentage = 85 | |catholic_percentage=85 | ||
| parishes_count = 10 | |parishes_count=10 | ||
| notable_catholic_sites = Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Grotto of Massabielle; Basilica of the Immaculate Conception; Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary; Basilica of St. Pius X) | |notable_catholic_sites=Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Grotto of Massabielle; Basilica of the Immaculate Conception; Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary; Basilica of St. Pius X) | ||
| patron_saint = Saint Bernadette Soubirous | |patron_saint=Saint Bernadette Soubirous | ||
| coordinates = 43.0952,-0.0457 | |coordinates=43.0952, -0.0457 | ||
| area_sq_km = 37 | |area_sq_km=37 | ||
| website = https://www.lourdes.fr | |historic=Yes | ||
|status=Active | |||
|website=https://www.lourdes.fr | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Lourdes''' (Occitan: ''Lorda'') is a small market town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern [[France]], nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees along the Gave de Pau river. With a resident population of 13,552 (INSEE 2022, effective 2025), it swells each year with nearly six million pilgrims who come to venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary at the [[Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes]], the world’s most visited Catholic shrine after Rome. Here, in 1858, the Immaculate Conception appeared eighteen times to fourteen-year-old [[Saint Bernadette Soubirous]], commanding a chapel and revealing a miraculous spring whose waters have been the instrument of 70 Church-recognized healings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/miracles-and-miraculous-healings/ |title=The 70 miracles recognised by the Church |publisher=Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes |access-date=2025-11-03}}</ref> | '''Lourdes''' (Occitan: ''Lorda'') is a small market town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern [[France]], nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees along the Gave de Pau river. With a resident population of 13,552 (INSEE 2022, effective 2025), it swells each year with nearly six million pilgrims who come to venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary at the [[Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes]], the world’s most visited Catholic shrine after Rome. Here, in 1858, the Immaculate Conception appeared eighteen times to fourteen-year-old [[Saint Bernadette Soubirous]], commanding a chapel and revealing a miraculous spring whose waters have been the instrument of 70 Church-recognized healings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/miracles-and-miraculous-healings/ |title=The 70 miracles recognised by the Church |publisher=Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes |access-date=2025-11-03}}</ref> | ||