Beaudéan Explained

Beaudéan
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Beaudéan (65).svg
Arrondissement:Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Canton:La Haute-Bigorre
Insee:65078
Postal Code:65710
Mayor:Yves Laffaille[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Haute-Bigorre
Coordinates:43.0292°N 0.1694°W
Elevation M:650
Elevation Min M:611
Elevation Max M:2262
Area Km2:16.7

Beaudéan (in French pronounced as /bodeɑ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Beudian) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.[2]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beaudéannais or Beaudéannaises.[3]

Geography

Beaudean is located at the mouth of the Lesponne valley and the Campan valley in the inter-communal cooperative of Haute-Bigorre some 20 km south by south-east of Tarbes and 5 km south of Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Access to the commune is by the D935 road from Pouzac in the north which passes through the eastern tip of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Campan. The D29 branches off the D935 in the commune and goes along the length of the commune south-west to end in Chiroulet. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Serris. The commune is mixed forest and farmland in the north and rugged forested mountains in the south.

The Adour river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west eventually joining the Atlantic Ocean at Boucau. The Adour de Lesponne flows from the south-west of the commune, forming much of the western border as it flows north-east, gathering tributaries such as the Ruisseau du Brouilh (which forms the southern border of the commune), the Ruisseau de Narbios, the Hourquet, and the Ruisseau de Hount Hérède, to join the Adour at the eastern corner of the commune. The Serris river flows north-east through the commune and the village to join the Adour. The Ruisseau de Binaros forms most of the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour de Lesponne in the narrow "neck" of the commune.

Toponymy

Historical names:[4]

Beaudéan appears as Beaudean on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

Beaudéan comes from the name of a domain. The Germanic personal name Bald-win (Latinised as Baldinus) with the suffix -anum.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

From To Name Party
1989 2020 Jacques Brune
2020 2026 Yves Laffaille

Judicial and administrative proceedings

Beaudéan falls within the area of the Tribunal d'instance (District court) of Tarbes, the Tribunal de grande instance (High Court) of Tarbes, the Cour d'appel Court of Appeal of Pau, the Tribunal pour enfants (Juvenile court) of Tarbes, the Conseil de prud'hommes (Labour Court) of Tarbes, the Tribunal de commerce (Commercial Court) of Tarbes, the Tribunal administratif (Administrative tribunal) of Pau, and the Cour administrative d'appel (Administrative Court of Appeal) of Bordeaux[6]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 395 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Martin (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.[7] is It is characterized by a bell tower with four corbelled turrets. The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM65078-beaudean INSEE commune file
  3. http://www.habitants.fr/hautes-pyrenees-65 Inhabitants of Hautes-Pyrénées
  4. Michel Grosclaude, Jean-François Le Nail, Jacques Boisgontier, Toponymic Dictionary of communes of Hautes-Pyrénées, Conseil général des Hautes-Pyrénées, 2000, 348 pages,, 9782951481015
  5. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=2658 List of Mayors of France
  6. http://www.annuaires.justice.gouv.fr/annuaires-12162/liste-des-juridictions-competentes-pour-une-commune-22081.html#cmq_path=annuaire&cmq_territory=65710%20BEAUDEAN&cmq_submit=Submit List of competent jurisdictions for Beaudéan
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
  9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
  10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
  11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy