Béduer

Béduer is a common French, located in the department of the Lot and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Geography

History

Old possession of the family of Lostanges, dominated a time all the territory between Lot and That and competed with the Abbaye of Figeac.

The pilgrimage of Compostelle

On the Via Podiensis of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle. One comes from Figeac.

Some jacquets joined Gréalou and its church, Notre-Dame of the Assumption, and reached banks of the Lot to Cajarc.

Others followed the course of the That until its junction with the Batch, and passed by Espagnac-Holy-Eulalie and its convent.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The Castle of Barasc

Perched on a slope, it is a Romance Donjon of the 12th century, very restored, remains castle of the family of Barasc whose member, Géraud V, was bishop of Cahors of 1237 with 1250.

Personalities related to the commune

Petitjean (François), 1997, Barasc de Béduer, Heurs and misfortunes of a noble family to the Middle Ages quercinois, Quercy Seeks , 91 (October-December 1997), pp. 50-57

Stage

See too

Common of the Batch

Sources

Lartigaut (Jean), 1989, parishes in the châtellenie of Béduer, Bulletin of the Company of the Studies of the Batch , CX, p. 247
Champeval (J. - B.), 1890, Franknesses from Béduer in Haut-Quercy, Bulletin of the Company of the Studies of the Batch , XV, p. 76,160,216

External bonds

Béduer on the site of the national geographical Institute
Béduer on the site of INSEE
Béduer on the site of Quid
Localization of Béduer on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Béduer on Mapquest

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