Betbèze

Betbèze
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Les Coteaux
Community association	Communes du Pays de Trie et du Magnoac
Coordinates	43 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 34 ′ E
height	270-428 m
surface	3.45 km 2
Residents	45 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65230
INSEE code	65088
	; Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Betbèze

Betbèze is a French commune with 45 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Les Coteaux (until 2015: canton Castelnau-Magnoac ).

The inhabitants are called Betbezois and Betbezoises .

geography

Betbèze is located about 42 kilometers east of Tarbes in the historic province of Quatre-Vallées on the northeastern edge of the department.

Betbèze is surrounded by the five neighboring municipalities:

Sariac-Magnoac		Thermes-Magnoac
Aries-Espénan
Devèze	Lalanne

Betbèze is located in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Arrats , also called Canal de l' Arrat here, is a tributary of the Garonne and crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributary, the Arrat de devant, which rises in Betbèze.

Betbèze is also irrigated by tributaries of the Gimone, the Ruisseau de Bartaus and the Ruisseau de la Garnère, which rises in Betbèze.

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the municipality is Bèthvéser. It has its origin in the Gascognic words bèth ( German beautiful, good ) and véser ( German see ) and thus means “place with a beautiful view”.

Toponyms and mentions of Betbèze were:

de Bello Videre (15th century, tax register Auch ),
Betbese (1746, Brugèles),
Betbeze (1750, map by Cassini ),
Belbeze (1793, Notice Communale ),
Betbeze (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 260 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 40 inhabitants during brief recovery periods until the 1980s, before increasing slightly and since the turn of the millennium stabilized at a level of around 45 inhabitants.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	63	58	48	38	43	41	44	44	45

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

It is the parish church of the parish.

Saint-Brice chapel

The chapel was built at the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century. It was expanded in the 14th century. Wall paintings have been decorating your interior since the 14th or the beginning of the 15th century. The chapel including the wall paintings has been inscribed as a Monument historique since November 29, 1977 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Betbèze is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 4

traffic

Betbèze is crossed by Route départementale 632, the former Route nationale 632 .

Web links

Commons : Betbèze - collection of images

Website of the Working Group of Noir de Bigorre (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Betbèze ( fr ) Tourist Office of the Pays de Trie et Magnoac. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
↑ Ma commune: Betbèze ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
↑ Betbèze ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b Notice Communale Betbèze ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Betbèze (65088) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 12, 2019.
^ Chapelle Saint-Brice ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . October 13, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 12, 2019.
↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Betbèze (65088) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[1] Betbèze ( fr ) Tourist Office of the Pays de Trie et Magnoac. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[2] Ma commune: Betbèze ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[3] Betbèze ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[4] David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[cassini-5] Notice Communale Betbèze ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[6] Populations légales 2016 Commune de Betbèze (65088) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[7] Chapelle Saint-Brice ( fr ) French Ministry of Culture . October 13, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[8] Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[9] Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Betbèze (65088) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 12, 2019.