Bedous

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bedous
Town hall
Bedous
Coordinates: 43°00′03″N 0°35′57″W / 43.0008°N 0.5992°W / 43.0008; -0.5992Coordinates: 43°00′03″N 0°35′57″W / 43.0008°N 0.5992°W / 43.0008; -0.5992
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Accous
Intercommunality Vallée d'Aspe
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Henri Bellegarde
Area
  Land1 11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population (2009)
  Population2 542
  Population2 Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64104 / 64490
Elevation 372–1,565 m (1,220–5,135 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.

Bedous is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is the birthplace of Pierre Laclède, the French man who founded St. Louis, Missouri.

See also

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.