Bedous
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 | |
| Community association | Haut Bearn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| height | 372-1,565 m | |
| surface | 11.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 597 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64490 | |
| INSEE code | 64104 | |
Bedous (in medieval gasconnes notation (local language) Bedos [be'ðus]) is a French municipality with 597 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
location
The municipality is part of the Vallée d'Aspe , in Bedous the mountain stream Gabarret, coming from the east, flows into the Gave d'Aspe .
Neighboring communities of Bedous are Sarrance in the north, Aydius in the east, Accous in the south, Lées-Athas in the south-west and Osse-en-Aspe in the west.
Districts
- Agnes
- Orcun
- Suberlaché
history
It is first mentioned in 1385. Bedous owned an abbey.
Population development
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to 1900
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1900 to 1950
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1950 until today
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after 1962 without double residences
Economy and Transport
Bedous has now become a service center, but agriculture still plays a role, especially cheese production.
The Pau-Oloron-Canfranc (France - Spain) railway line was closed - Bedous lost its rail connection in 1980. The section from Pau to Oloron was reopened on January 24, 2011; on July 3, 2016 the official restart to Bedous took place. A further extension to Canfranc is planned.
Personalities
- Pierre Laclède (1729–1778), city founder of St. Louis in the USA
- Bernard Charbonneau (1910–1996), French philosopher and thinker
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque - Paul Raymond