Les Bessons
| Les Bessons | |
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  Les Bessons | |
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Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Les Bessons | |
| Coordinates: 44°46′24″N 3°15′14″E / 44.7733°N 3.2539°ECoordinates: 44°46′24″N 3°15′14″E / 44.7733°N 3.2539°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Lozère |
| Arrondissement | Mende |
| Canton | Saint-Chély-d'Apcher |
| Intercommunality | Terres d'Apcher |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | René Tardieu |
| Area1 | 23.49 km2 (9.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 448 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 48025 / 48200 |
| Elevation |
972–1,274 m (3,189–4,180 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft) |
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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. | |
Les Bessons is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 303 | — |
| 1800 | 420 | +38.6% |
| 1806 | 553 | +31.7% |
| 1821 | 414 | −25.1% |
| 1831 | 481 | +16.2% |
| 1836 | 531 | +10.4% |
| 1841 | 545 | +2.6% |
| 1846 | 481 | −11.7% |
| 1851 | 544 | +13.1% |
| 1856 | 516 | −5.1% |
| 1861 | 451 | −12.6% |
| 1866 | 508 | +12.6% |
| 1872 | 507 | −0.2% |
| 1876 | 548 | +8.1% |
| 1881 | 535 | −2.4% |
| 1886 | 523 | −2.2% |
| 1891 | 511 | −2.3% |
| 1896 | 524 | +2.5% |
| 1901 | 526 | +0.4% |
| 1906 | 543 | +3.2% |
| 1911 | 516 | −5.0% |
| 1921 | 507 | −1.7% |
| 1926 | 478 | −5.7% |
| 1931 | 459 | −4.0% |
| 1936 | 401 | −12.6% |
| 1946 | 363 | −9.5% |
| 1954 | 356 | −1.9% |
| 1962 | 355 | −0.3% |
| 1968 | 342 | −3.7% |
| 1975 | 325 | −5.0% |
| 1982 | 335 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 273 | −18.5% |
| 1999 | 361 | +32.2% |
| 2006 | 437 | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 448 | +2.5% |
See also
References
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