Bédarrides

Bédarrides
Bridge over the Ouvèze
Location of Bédarrides
Bédarrides
Bédarrides
Coordinates: 44°02′29″N 4°53′55″E / 44.0414°N 4.8986°E / 44.0414; 4.8986
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVaucluse
ArrondissementAvignon
CantonSorgues
IntercommunalityCA Sorgues du Comtat
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean Berard[1]
Area
1
24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
5,521
 • Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
84016 /84370
Elevation20–119 m (66–390 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bédarrides (French pronunciation: [bedaʁid]; Provençal: Bedarrida) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Name

The settlement is attested as villa Betorrida in 814, Biturrita in 898, Bisturrita in 903, Beddurida in 908, and Bederrida in 1274.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,986—    
1975 3,816+3.57%
1982 4,238+1.51%
1990 4,816+1.61%
1999 5,110+0.66%
2007 5,103−0.02%
2012 5,111+0.03%
2017 5,171+0.23%
Source: INSEE[4]

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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Nègre 1990, p. 53.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.

Bibliography

  • Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.