Bédarrides
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Vaucluse | |
| Arrondissement | Avignon | |
| Canton | Sorgues | |
| Community association | Sorgues du Comtat | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 2 ' N , 4 ° 54' E | |
| height | 20-119 m | |
| surface | 24.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,171 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 209 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 84370 | |
| INSEE code | 84016 | |
| Website | ville-bedarrides.fr | |
 Bédarrides water tower (1745) |
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Bédarrides is a French municipality with 5171 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .
location
Bédarrides is twelve kilometers from Avignon , Carpentras and Orange , north of Sorgues at the confluence of the Sorgue and Ouvèze .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Residents | 2,615 | 2.986 | 3.816 | 4,238 | 4,816 | 5.110 | 5.121 |
Town twinning
- Grasellenbach , Germany
Attractions
Bédarrides owns a total of three listed buildings.
The Roman bridge was washed away in 1620 during a major flood . It was replaced by a wooden bridge, which did not last long and was washed away by another flood in August 1622. After the unsuccessful use of a yaw ferry , the decision was made to rebuild the original stone bridge. The bridge was completed in 1647 after seven years of work and is still used today for crossing the Ouvèze .
The church of Bédarrides was built in place of an old Romanesque church that existed long before and was in ruins. The renovation work began in 1677 and continued until 1684. The inauguration took place the day before Christmas Eve. Many changes have been made since then. The bell tower could be completed after 1689. In 1714 the church was covered with stone slabs. In 1719 and 1725 a railing and two holy water basins were built . A total of eight chapels were set up in the interior.
In the place of today's water tower there used to be a cemetery , which was relocated, as all cemeteries had to be located outside the city walls according to a law.
Bridge over the Ouvèze
church
Water tower
Personalities
- Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716–1796), known as "Dom Pernety", founder of the Masonic lodge Illuminés du Mont-Thabor
- Étienne Daillan (1808–1859), called "Docteur Daillan", doctor and mayor of Bédarrides (1848–1849)
literature
- Joseph Girard: Avignon. Histoire et Monuments , Édition Dominique Seguin, Avignon 1924.
- Marc Maynègre: De la Porte Limbert au Portail Peint, histoire et anecdotes d'un vieux quartier d'Avignon. Sorgues, 1991, ISBN 2950554903 , pp. 178-197.
- Joseph Girard: Évocation du vieil Avignon , 1958 - ré-édité Éd. de Minuit, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-7073-1353-X .
Web links
- Official website (French)