Bedous

Bedous is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

The common one belongs to the Vallée of Winder and its grounds are sprinkled by two affluents of the Gave d' Aspe, the arricq of Casteigbou and the Gave d' Aydius, and by the brook of Sahun, tributary of this last.

Localities and hamlets

Orcun
Suberlaché

Communes bordering

Sarrance in north
OSI-in-Winder and Lées-Athas in the west
Accous in the south
Aydius in the east.

Toponymy

The toponym Bedous appears in the forms Bedoos (1250, for of Winder), Saint Michel of Bedous (1675, insinuation of the diocese of Oloron).

It is derived from the radical betu (betulla means Latin birch) and means place where there are birches .

The toponym Orcun appears in the forms Orqunh (1247, fors of Aspe), Orcunh (1441, notaries of Oloron), Orchunh (1449, payments of the Majour Court of Béarn), Sanctus-Joannes d' Orcun (1608, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron).

History

Paul Raymond note which the commune counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.
In 1385, Bedous counted 62 fires and Orcun 15. The two communes depended on the Bailliage of Aspe.
Orcun also had a laic, vassal abbey of the Viscount of Béarn.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to six inter-commune structures:

Communauté of communes of the Valley of Winder
arranges public local management
trade union of television of Oloron - Valley of Winder
mixed trade-union of Haut-Béarn
intercommunity association of material aid to schooling in Valley of Winder
departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

The figure for 2006 is that of the provisional population established by INSEE.

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the breeding (bovines and sheep). The manufacture of farm cheeses is also one of the resources of the commune.
A slate exploitation, used for the traditional cover of the houses inhabitants of Béarn or souletines is present on the commune

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Bedous is a village built around the place of the market, surrounded by the town hall, the church and of many small shops. The oldest houses are in the vicinity immediate.

Mill with flour, XVe and XVIe centuries.
Houses of XVIIe, XVIIIe and XIXe centuries.
Fountain of the XIXe century.
Manoir says Château Lassalle, XVIIe, XIXe and XXe centuries.
recent Pediment, located behind the church.
Table of orientation, located at the North-East of Bedous.
Fénard Castle.
Station on the Line Pau-Canfranc, closed with the traffic since 1970.

Religious heritage

Church St Michel of XIVe century.
Midsummer's Day Vault, with the Orcun district, dating from XIIe century (classified historic building).

Equipment

Bedous has a college, the college of Winder (site of the college of Winder) and an elementary school.

A room multisports (versatile room of Winder) is also present on the commune).

Personalities related to the commune

Pierre Laclède (1729-1778), founder of the town of Saint Louis in the United States of America
Bernard Charbonneau (1910-1996), thinker and philosopher French.

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