Bédarieux

Bédarieux

Statue of Ferdinand Fabre

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Bédarieux

Coordinates: 43°37′01″N 3°09′35″E / 43.6169°N 3.1597°ECoordinates: 43°37′01″N 3°09′35″E / 43.6169°N 3.1597°E
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Hérault
Arrondissement Béziers
Canton Bédarieux
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Antoine Martinez
Area1 27.82 km2 (10.74 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 6,637
  Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 34028 / 34600
Elevation 184–520 m (604–1,706 ft)
(avg. 196 m or 643 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.

Bédarieux, (Occitan: Bedarius) is a commune in the Hérault department in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.

The inhabitants are called Bédariciens.

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Geography

Bédarieux is 56 km (35 mi) west of Montpellier and 30 km (19 mi) north of Béziers. The commune is in the Orb valley, the river flowing north-south into Bédarieux and east-west downstream.

Town hall

History

The Saint-Nazaire de Lodéran chapel (now disappeared) was mentioned in 1153.

Bédarieux was at one time a notable manufacturing centre. Its cloth-weaving industry, carried on under a special royal privilege from the end of the 17th century to the French Revolution, employed in 1789 as many as 5,000 workmen, while some thousand more were occupied in wool and cotton spinning, etc. In spite of the introduction of modern machinery from England, the industries of the place declined, mainly owing to the loss of the trade with the Levant; but in the late 19th century they somewhat revived, owing partly to the opening up of coal mines in the neighbourhood.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17933,302    
18003,330+0.8%
18063,827+14.9%
18215,418+41.6%
18315,998+10.7%
18368,293+38.3%
18419,012+8.7%
18469,369+4.0%
18519,959+6.3%
18569,829−1.3%
18619,087−7.5%
18668,985−1.1%
18727,892−12.2%
18767,691−2.5%
18816,923−10.0%
18867,320+5.7%
18916,578−10.1%
18965,968−9.3%
19016,106+2.3%
19066,131+0.4%
19116,186+0.9%
19216,505+5.2%
19267,994+22.9%
19319,224+15.4%
19368,512−7.7%
19467,033−17.4%
19547,416+5.4%
19627,263−2.1%
19687,135−1.8%
19756,425−10.0%
19826,207−3.4%
19905,997−3.4%
19995,962−0.6%
20086,637+11.3%

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Personalities

See also

References

  1. Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bédarieux". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 613.

External links

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View of Bédarieux from the Pic de Tantajo (518 m)