Beaudéan (; ) is a commune in the

Hautes-Pyrénées Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/ Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs ; alts piɾiˈneʊs ) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. The department is bordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques to t ...

department in the Occitanie region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Beaudéannais'' or ''Beaudéannaises''.

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 Tarbes (; Gascon language, Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of southwestern France. It is ...

and 5 km south of

Bagnères-de-Bigorre Bagnères-de-Bigorre (, literally ''Bagnères of Bigorre''; ) is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, Department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occita ...

. Access to the commune is by the D935 road from

Pouzac Pouzac (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other d ...

in the north which passes through the eastern tip of the commune and the village and continues south-east to

Campan Campan (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Geography Campan stands in a valley of the same name at the confluence of the rivers Adour and Adour de Payolle. It is situated on ...

. 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 The Adour (; ; ) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High- Bigorre ( Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean ( Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. is known as the ' ...

river forms the north-eastern border of the commune as it flows north-west eventually joining the

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Boucau Boucau (; ;BOKALE

Toponymy

Historical names: *''In Beldeyano'',

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(c. 1090, Larcher, Cartulary of Saint-Pé). *''Arnaldus de Beudean'', Latin and Gascon (1283, Procès Bigorre). *''Beudeaa'', (1285, Montre Bigorre). *''apud Beudeanum'', Latin (1300, Enquête Bigorre). *''De Baudeano'', Latin (1313 ''Debita regi'' Navarre; 1342, Pouillé of Tarbes). *''de Veudeano'', Latin (1379 Procuration of Tarbes). *''Beudean'' (1429, Censier of Bigorre). *''Baudean'', (1760, Larcher, Pouillé of Tarbes). Beaudéan appears as ''Beaudean'' on the 1750

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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

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Judicial and administrative proceedings

Beaudéan falls within the area of the ''

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'' (District court) of Tarbes, the ''Tribunal de grande instance'' (High Court) of Tarbes, the ''Cour d'appel''

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of Pau, the ''Tribunal pour enfants'' (

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) of Tarbes, the ''

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'' (Labour Court) of Tarbes, the ''

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'' (Commercial Court) of Tarbes, the ''Tribunal administratif'' (Administrative tribunal) of Pau, and the ''Cour administrative d'appel'' (Administrative Court of Appeal) of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 395 inhabitants. Etedesvillages00025

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

*A Museum in the house where

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, was born traces the history of military

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Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Martin (15th century) is registered as an historical monument. is It is characterized by a bell tower with four corbelled turrets. The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects: *A Hilarri (18th century) *A

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and

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(18th century) *2

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s (18th century) *The Choir enclosure (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

(1766-1842), a French

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Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

's army, was born in the village.

References

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