Béduer

Béduer
Commune
The church in Béduer
Location of Béduer
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Coordinates: 44°34′54″N 1°57′01″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lot
Arrondissement	Figeac
Canton	Figeac-1
Intercommunality	CC Grand-Figeac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Normand[1]
Area ^1	24.78 km^2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	714
• Density	29/km^2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	46021 /46100
Elevation	176–405 m (577–1,329 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Béduer (Languedocien: Beduèr) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France.

Pilgrimage

Béduer is situated on the Via Podiensis route that is followed by those making the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella and so receives pilgrims arriving from the town of Figeac.

From Béduer pilgrims continue on either to the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church at Gréalou, reaching the river Lot at Cajarc, or follow the course of the river Célé to its confluence with the Lot, passing by the convent at Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie.

History

The town was formerly owned by the Lostanges family. Its control of the land between the Lot and Célé rivers put it on a par with the Abbey at Figeac.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	426	—
1975	454	+0.91%
1982	516	+1.85%
1990	596	+1.82%
1999	623	+0.49%
2009	730	+1.60%
2014	753	+0.62%
2020	697	−1.28%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

The Château de Barasc, situated on a ridge dates from the twelfth century and has been successively renovated over the ages. It was home to the Barasc family, one of whom, Gerald V, was Bishop of Cahors between 1237 and 1250.

Personalities

• Henri Descremps (born 1 April 1746 in Béduer; died around 1826 in Paris) was an 18th-century French magician who described his art in a famous book, La Magie blanche dévoilée (1784).
• Augustin Boutaric (born 12 August 1885 in Béduer; died 1949 in Dijon) was noted physician and chemist.

See also

• Communes of the Lot department

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 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Béduer website