Bessens
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Tarn-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Montauban | |
| Canton | Montech | |
| Community association | Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 53 ' N , 1 ° 15' E | |
| height | 90-146 m | |
| surface | 9.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,506 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 162 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 82170 | |
| INSEE code | 82017 | |
| Website | http://www.bessens.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Bessens |
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Bessens is a French commune with 1,506 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Montauban and is part of the canton of Montech (until 2015: canton of Grisolles ). The inhabitants are called Bessinois .
geography
Bessens is located about 16 kilometers southwest of Montauban and about 34 kilometers north-northwest of Toulouse on the Canal des Deux Mers . Bessens is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Monbéqui in the north and north-west, Montbartier in the north and north-east, Campsas in the east, Dieupentale in the south and south-east and Verdun-sur-Garonne in the west and south-west.
The former route nationale 113 (today's D813) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 479 | 444 | 469 | 558 | 585 | 664 | 1.014 | 1,506 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church, destroyed in the 16th century and rebuilt in the 17th century
Personalities
- Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan (1709–1784), writer
