Les Bessons (Occitan: Los Bessons) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

Les Bessons
Location of Les Bessons
Map
Les Bessons is located in France
Les Bessons
Les Bessons
Les Bessons is located in Occitanie
Les Bessons
Les Bessons
Coordinates: 44°46′24″N 3°15′14″E / 44.7733°N 3.2539°E / 44.7733; 3.2539
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementMende
CantonPeyre en Aubrac
IntercommunalityTerres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) René Tardieu[1]
Area
1
23.49 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
425
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48025 /48200
Elevation972–1,274 m (3,189–4,180 ft)
(avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

edit
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 342—    
1975 325−0.73%
1982 335+0.43%
1990 273−2.53%
1999 361+3.15%
2009 448+2.18%
2014 443−0.22%
2020 420−0.88%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE