Bessan

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Bessan
Coat of arms of Bessan
Bessan (France)
Bessan
region Occitania
Department Herault
Arrondissement Beziers
Canton Agde
Community association Hérault Méditerranée
Coordinates 43 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 26 ′  E
height 0-84 m
surface 27.65 km 2
Residents 5,069 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 183 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 34550
INSEE code
Website bessan.fr/

Bessan Town Hall

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Bessan ( Occitan : Beçan ) is a French commune with 5069 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Béziers and the canton of Agde . The inhabitants are called Bessanais .

geography

Bessan is located between the towns of Agde (seven kilometers) and Béziers (14 kilometers) on the Hérault River. Bessan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Thibéry in the north and north-west, Florensac in the east, Agde in the south-east, Vias in the south, Montblanc in the west and north-west.

The A9 car route and the former national route 312 run through the municipality .

history

Due to the topographical situation, Hannibal must have moved through the municipality with his war elephants around 218 BC. In 408/409 AD the settlement was sacked by the united Burgundians, Suebi and Vandals. The town was fortified between 1050 and 1100.

Population development
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
2919 2972 2911 2.97 3356 4025 4343 5069

Attractions

Saint-Pierre-es-Liens church
  • Church Saint-Pierre-es-Liens , originally built as a simple wooden church around 990, Monument historique
  • Former chapel Saint-Laurent de Touroulle , built in the 11th century, as well as the visigothic burial place removed by a road construction project
  • Gates and fortifications
  • Ruins of the mills on the Hérault, former water mills that belonged to the Bishop of Agde
  • Town hall from 1777
  • Cactus Park, botanical garden over eight hectares with numerous cacti and succulents

economy

The brandy producer Pernod Ricard runs a distillery here. Good wines grow in the municipality and are successfully marketed by a cooperative - also in direct sales.

Parish partnership

Bessan has a partnership with the Luxembourg municipality of Remich .

Web links

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