Bedous

Bedous (French pronunciation: [bədus]; Occitan: Bedós) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is the birthplace of Pierre Laclède, the Frenchman who founded the U.S. city of St. Louis.

Bedous
Town hall
Town hall
Location of Bedous
Bedous is located in France
Bedous
Bedous
Bedous is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bedous
Bedous
Coordinates: 43°00′03″N 0°35′57″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonOloron-Sainte-Marie-1
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Henri Bellegarde[1]
Area
1
11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
592
  Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64104 /64490
Elevation372–1,565 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.

Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970, but re-opened in 2016 as the terminus of service from Pau.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.


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