Bédarrides

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

Bédarrides
Commune
Bridge over the Ouvèze
Coat of arms
Location of Bédarrides
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Coordinates: 44°02′29″N 4°53′55″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Arrondissement	Avignon
Canton	Sorgues
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Berard[1]
Area ^1	24.79 km^2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	5,171
• Density	210/km^2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	84016 /84370
Elevation	20–119 m (66–390 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Name

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

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Nègre 1990, p. 53.

Bibliography

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