Bédarieux
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Herault | |
| Arrondissement | Beziers | |
| Canton | Clermont-l'Hérault | |
| Community association | Grand Orb | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 37 ′ N , 3 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 184-520 m | |
| surface | 27.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,791 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 208 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 34600 | |
| INSEE code | 34028 | |
| Website | www.bedarieux.fr | |
 Saint-Alexandre Church |
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Bédarieux is a southern French municipality with 5791 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department at the foot of the Cevennes . Bédarieux is located between the Mediterranean and the low mountain range in the center of the Occitania region , in the valley of the Orb River . The municipality is part of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park .
history
Bédarieux was a Huguenot community that was captured and burned by Charles de Choiseul, marquis de Praslin in 1622 in the course of the suppression of the Huguenot uprising in Languedoc .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 7263 | 7135 | 6425 | 6207 | 5997 | 5962 | 6518 | 5791 |
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Partner municipality
Personalities
- Paul Rabaut (1718–1794), pastor of the Huguenot Église du Désert ('Church of the Desert')
- Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883), painter
- Loís Combas (alias Joan de Cantalausa, 1925–2006), Catholic priest, linguist and Occitanist
- Vincent Candela (* 1973), football player
- Karima Benameur (* 1989), national soccer player
Web links
Commons : Bédarieux - collection of images, videos and audio files
