Béduer

Béduer
region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Figeac
Canton	Figeac-1
Community association	Grand Figeac
Coordinates	44 ° 35 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 35 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E
height	176-405 m
surface	24.78 km 2
Residents	720 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	46100
INSEE code	46021
Website	Community website

Béduer is a French commune in the department of Lot in the region Occitan (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). The community with 720 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located on the GR 65 long-distance hiking trail , which largely follows the historical course of the French Way of St. James Via Podiensis .

geography

Béduer is located on the south-western edge of the Massif Central , between the Lot Valley and the Célé Valley , about eight kilometers west of Figeac . The road connection D19 , D662 leads to Figeac . In addition, the D21 runs through the town as a connecting road between the Lot and Célé valleys. The closest major French cities are Lyon (262 km) in the northeast, Toulouse (116 km) in the southwest, Bordeaux (203 km) in the west and Montpellier (188 km) in the southeast.

history

In the Béduer area there are twelve dolmens, some of them well preserved . Traces of settlement have been found from Gallo-Roman times. In the Middle Ages , there were two municipalities in what is now Béduer: Saint-Etienne and Saint-Pierre . In 1761 the municipality of Béduer was established with the parish church of Saint Pierre as its center. The area was owned by the Barasc and Narbonne families from the 10th to the 16th centuries . During the 16th and 17th centuries , the Lostanges family, from the Corrèze department , exercised power. The imposing castle with a tower 60 meters high remains in Béduer from the times of feudalism . This was partially destroyed during the French Revolution . Béduer owes this castle to the fact that it was less affected than other villages in the region during the Hundred Years War . Béduer experienced a heyday in the 19th century and the number of inhabitants of this agricultural region rose to 1,500 in the middle of the century. The rural exodus that began in the second half of the 19th century , coupled with the massive occurrence of phylloxera and finally the First World War lead to the exodus of a large part of the population.

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1793	1836	1846	1872	1901	1936	1962	1982	1990	1999	2016
Residents	1,159	1,446	1,511	1,141	832	510	419	429	569	623	729
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence

Way of St. James ( Via Podiensis )

There are no overnight accommodations in Béduer. In the nearby hamlets of La Planquette and Mas de la Croix there is a pilgrim hostel (French: Gîte d'étape ) and a few other accommodations. The Way of St. James continues in the village in two variants. The first follows the GR 65 , which crosses the Lot Valley at Cajarc and then continues via Limogne-en-Quercy to Cahors . While the Célé variant, on the GR 651 , follows the valley of the Célé, crosses the Lot valley at Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and reunites with the GR 65 between Limogne-en-Quercy and Varaire . The GR 65 then continues to Cahors, where the Via Podiensis touches the Lot valley for the last time.
The variant GR 65, continues over the barren landscape of the Causses , past dolmens and isolated hamlets. The variant through the secluded Célé Valley leads past the Grotte du Pech Merle and the medieval mountain town of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, high above the Lot. In the Grotte Pech-Merle there are cave drawings and the Museum Préhistoire Amédée Lemozi , which gives an excellent overview of the early history of man.

Attractions

• The castle Barasc dates from the 12th century.
• The Hôpital de Sainte-Néboule dates back to the 13th century and was run by the Order of St. John .

literature

• Bettina Forst: French Way of St. James. From Le Puy-en-Velay to Roncesvalles. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (recte: Ottobrunn) 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4350-8 ( Rother hiking guide ).
• Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .

Web links

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

• Pictures from Béduer ( Memento from January 30, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• Along the Via Podiensis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Congregational information on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Retrieved on January 21, 2010
2. ^ Béduer on Cassini.ehess.fr (French) Retrieved on February 4, 2010

Way of St. James " Via Podiensis "

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