Besson
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Allier | |
Arrondissement | Moulins | |
Canton | Souvigny | |
Community association | Moulins Community | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 16 ′ E | |
height | 224-350 m | |
surface | 47.16 km 2 | |
Residents | 768 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 03210 | |
INSEE code | 03026 | |
Website | http://www.besson.fr/ | |
Look at Besson |
Besson is a French municipality with 768 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the canton of Souvigny and the Arrondissement of Moulins .
geography
Besson is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic Bourbonnais province , about twelve kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Moulins . Besson is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bressolles in the north and north-east, Chemilly in the east, Bresnay in the south, Cressanges in the west and south-west and Souvigny in the west and north-west.
Route nationale 79 runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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Residents | 867 | 817 | 815 | 733 | 786 | 775 | 792 | 787 | 768 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 12th century, historic monument since 1933
- Remains of the old priory from the 13th century
- Ris Castle from the 15th century, Monument historique
- Rochefort Castle from the 15th century
- Le Vieux-Bost Castle
- Fourchaud Castle from the 15th century
Personalities
- María Teresa de Borbón-Parma (1933-2020), sociologist, grew up in Besson.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 979-981.
Web links
Commons : Besson - collection of images, videos and audio files