Bessières
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Bessières Becièras |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
| Canton | Villemur-sur-Tarn | |
| Community association | Val'Aïgo | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 48 ' N , 1 ° 36' E | |
| height | 85-194 m | |
| surface | 16.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,073 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 244 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31660 | |
| INSEE code | 31066 | |
| Website | http://www.bessieres.fr/ | |
 Bessières Town Hall |
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Bessières ( Occitan : Becièras ) is a French commune with 4073 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). Bessières belongs to the Arrondissement of Toulouse and the canton of Villemur-sur-Tarn (previously Montastruc-la-Conseillère ). The inhabitants are called Bessièrain (e) s .
geography
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Bessières is located about 32 kilometers northeast of Toulouse on the Tarn River . Bessières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mirepoix-sur-Tarn in the north, Roquemaure (Département Tarn) in the east and north-east, Buzet-sur-Tarn in the south, Montjoire in the west and La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn in the north-west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 1,220 | 1,456 | 1,595 | 1,841 | 2,009 | 2,222 | 3,018 | 3,322 |
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Market hall
- Bessières bridge, suspension bridge from 1955, built on the site of the previous bridge from 1855
Personalities
- Jean-Ernest Ducos de La Hitte (1789–1878), general and politician (Foreign Minister from 1849 to 1851)
- Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914–1993), politician, mayor of Bessières from 1964 to 1971
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , p. 914.
Web links
Commons : Bessières (Haute-Garonne) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
