Les Bessons

Les Bessons
Commune
Location of Les Bessons
Les Bessons Les Bessons
Coordinates: 44°46′24″N 3°15′14″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Peyre en Aubrac
Intercommunality	Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Tardieu
Area 1	23.49 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	425
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	48025 /48200
Elevation	972–1,274 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.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 303 —     1800 420 +38.6% 1806 553 +31.7% 1821 414 −25.1% 1831 481 +16.2% 1836 531 +10.4% 1841 545 +2.6% 1846 481 −11.7% 1851 544 +13.1% 1856 516 −5.1% 1861 451 −12.6% 1866 508 +12.6% 1872 507 −0.2% 1876 548 +8.1% 1881 535 −2.4% 1886 523 −2.2% 1891 511 −2.3% 1896 524 +2.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 526 +0.4% 1906 543 +3.2% 1911 516 −5.0% 1921 507 −1.7% 1926 478 −5.7% 1931 459 −4.0% 1936 401 −12.6% 1946 363 −9.5% 1954 356 −1.9% 1962 355 −0.3% 1968 342 −3.7% 1975 325 −5.0% 1982 335 +3.1% 1990 273 −18.5% 1999 361 +32.2% 2006 437 +21.1% 2009 448 +2.5%

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department