Bessières

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Bessières
Becièras
Coat of arms of Bessières
Bessières (France)
Bessières
region Occitania
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Toulouse
Canton Villemur-sur-Tarn
Community association Val'Aïgo
Coordinates 43 ° 48 '  N , 1 ° 36'  E 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
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

View of Bessières

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
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
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Personalities

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