Viscos

Viscos
Viscos
Commune
	A general view of Viscos
	Coat of arms
	Location of Viscos
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	Coordinates: 42°54′39″N 0°02′34″W / 42.9108°N 0.0428°W
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Argelès-Gazost
Canton	La Vallée des Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Lonca
Area 1	6.52 km2 (2.52 sq mi)
Population (2023)	35
• Density	5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	65478 /65120
Elevation	520–2,139 m (1,706–7,018 ft) ; (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viscos (French pronunciation: [viskɔs]; Occitan: Biscòs) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. It is famous for being the setting of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho's 2000 novel The Devil and Miss Prym.

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.