Villelongue

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Villelongue

|commune status = Commune

|image = Gave de Gavarnie Soulom pont D921 aval.JPG

|caption = Viewed from the bridge of the D921 road, the Gave de Gavarnie marks the boundary between Soulom hydroelectric power station to the left and centre, and Villelongue on the right

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Villelongue (65).svg

|arrondissement = Argelès-Gazost

|canton = La Vallée des Gaves

|INSEE = 65473

|postal code = 65260

|mayor = Pierre Tramont{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves

|coordinates = {{coord|42.9553|-0.0569|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 500

|elevation min m = 457

|elevation max m = 2484

|area km2 = 20.46

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

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Villelongue ({{IPA|fr|vil.lɔ̃ɡ}}; {{langx|oc|Vilalonca}}) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/65473-villelongue INSEE commune file]

Villelongue is situated on the flank of the Hautacam mountain, around a stream called the Ruisseau d'Isaby, and descends to the Gave de Gavarnie torrent.

It consists of a main village with a smaller hamlet above called Ortiac. Ortiac has a medieval chapel. The woods above Ortiac conceal the Abbey of Saint-Orens, now in ruins.

Villelongue has considerably expanded in recent years{{when|date=December 2020}}, as new tracts are open to development and as the road infrastructure have developed to allow inhabitants to commute to Lourdes and Tarbes.

Villelongue is unusual among local towns in having a latinate name, rather than a name deriving from Bigourdan (the local dialect of the Occitan language). The name is said to derive from a Latin villa (i.e. a large farm) dating from late antiquity, situated in the lower part of the modern village, in an area known as "Las Longas".