Bédouès

Bédouès
A general view from the promontory of the Collegiate church of Bédouès A general view from the promontory of the Collegiate church of Bédouès
Coat of arms of Bédouès Coat of arms
Bédouès
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Bédouès
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Florac
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Intercommunality	Pays de Florac et du Haut Tarn
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Bataille
Area1	26.80 km2 (10.35 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	291
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	48022 / 48400
Elevation	540–1,170 m (1,770–3,840 ft) (avg. 560 m or 1,840 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bédouès is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bédouès-Cocurès.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	511	—
1800	507	−0.8%
1806	609	+20.1%
1821	446	−26.8%
1831	525	+17.7%
1836	546	+4.0%
1841	533	−2.4%
1846	518	−2.8%
1851	557	+7.5%
1856	522	−6.3%
1861	549	+5.2%
1866	533	−2.9%
1872	522	−2.1%
1876	535	+2.5%
1881	524	−2.1%
1886	512	−2.3%
1891	509	−0.6%
1896	505	−0.8%
1901	410	−18.8%
1906	388	−5.4%
1911	365	−5.9%
1921	272	−25.5%
1926	290	+6.6%
1931	281	−3.1%
1936	261	−7.1%
1946	250	−4.2%
1954	223	−10.8%
1962	209	−6.3%
1968	168	−19.6%
1975	156	−7.1%
1982	177	+13.5%
1990	194	+9.6%
1999	299	+54.1%
2006	314	+5.0%
2009	291	−7.3%

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department
• Château de Miral

References

• INSEE statistics

Gallery

• Bedoues collegiale crop.jpg

  Collegiate church

• Bédoues.jpg

  interior