Bédoin

Bédoin
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Carpentras
Canton	Pernes-les-Fontaines
Community association	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin
Coordinates	44 ° 7 ' N , 5 ° 11' E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 ' N , 5 ° 11' E
height	240-1,883 m
surface	91.03 km 2
Residents	3,099 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	84410
INSEE code	84017
Website	http://www.bedoin.fr
	; View of Bédoin

View of Bédoin with grapevines in the foreground

Bédoin is a French municipality with 3099 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

The place Bédoin is located at about 300 meters above sea level at the foot of Mont Ventoux on its south side. The municipality stretches up to the summit itself. The river Mède flows through Bédoin .

history

On the night of May 1st to May 2nd, 1794, strangers uprooted a tree of liberty and destroyed decrees of the National Convention that were hung on a plaque in front of the parish hall. The Revolutionary Court then traveled to Bédoin and pronounced 66 death sentences , which were immediately carried out by the guillotine . The population had to pay a new revolutionary tax, the houses in the village were set on fire, the agricultural land was made unusable with salt, the village "Bédoin l'Infâme" was struck off the map, and the rest of the population was deported to the neighboring villages and under house arrest posed. The reign of terror ended two months later . On May 4, 1795, the village was rehabilitated and a memorial was erected in the main square to commemorate this tragic event.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2015
Residents	1,580	1.611	1,635	1,818	2,215	2,611	3,076	3,087

economy

The main sources of income are viticulture ( Côtes du Ventoux ) and Mont Ventoux tourism. Similar to Sault and Malaucène, Bédoin is chosen as the starting point for demanding cycling or hiking tours on Mont Ventoux . It offers numerous accommodations, two campsites and the naturist center DOMAINE DE BELEZY .

Attractions

Romanesque chapel Sainte-Madeleine from the 11th century
Church from the 18th century in the “Jesuit style” of the Baroque

Cycling

From Bédoin, a 22 km long road leads up to the summit of Mont Ventoux and overcomes 1,600 meters in altitude. This is the classic route in the Tour de France , which is on the program there every few years. In the summer months, numerous cyclists climb this demanding route every day.

swell

Stefan Brandenburg, Ines Mache. Provence. Bielefeld 1996 ISBN 3-89416-609-6
Bédoin on the Insee website at INSEE

Web links

Commons : Bédoin - collection of images, videos and audio files

bedoin.fr - Municipality of Bédoin

Individual evidence

^ Memorial to the victims of the revolution in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), accessed on June 1, 2020.
↑ Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse (= Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 308 .
↑ Conquering the Merciless
↑ Naturism in Provence

[1] Memorial to the victims of the revolution in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), accessed on June 1, 2020.

[EncVoy-2] Michel Albarède et al .: Vaucluse (= Encyclopédies du Voyage ). Gallimard Loisirs, Paris 2007, ISBN 2-7424-1900-4 , p. 308 .

[3] Conquering the Merciless

[4] Naturism in Provence