Bédouès

Bédouès (French pronunciation: [bedwɛs]; Occitan: Bedoesc) 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.^[2]

Bédouès
Part of Bédouès-Cocurès
A general view from the promontory of the collegiate church of Bédouès [fr]
Coat of arms
Location of Bédouès
Bédouès Show map of France Bédouès Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 44°20′31″N 3°36′20″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Florac
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Commune	Bédouès-Cocurès
Area 1	26.80 km2 (10.35 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	281
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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.

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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