What is Lourdes?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Lourdes |native name = |commune status = [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |flag legend = |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Lourdes (65).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Lourdes city.jpg |caption = Lourdes with the [[Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes|Sanctuary of Our Lady]] |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|43.095|-0.049|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Argelès-Gazost |canton = Lourdes-1 and <br/>Lourdes-2 |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Le Pays de Lourdes |mayor = Josette Bourdeu |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 652 |elevation min m = 343 |elevation max m = 960 |area km2 = 36.94 |population demonym = Lourdais |population = 13846 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 65286 |postal code = 65100 |website = [http://www.lourdes.fr www.lourdes.fr] }} [[File:Lourdes cathedral cave side 1.jpg|thumb|right|225px|The majority of visitors are pilgrims who fill the public spaces of the Domain]] '''Lourdes''' ({{lang-oc|Lorda}}) is a [[town]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] in the southwest of the [[Hautes-Pyrénées]] [[Departments of France|department]]. It is in the first [[Pyrenees|Pyrenean]] foothills in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]], in southwestern France. Lourdes was originally a sma