Bedous

Bedous (; Gascon: Bedós) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is the birthplace of Pierre Laclède, the Frenchman who founded the U.S. city of St. Louis.

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Place details

Locality: Orcun
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Population: 630
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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French commune.name: Bedous
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image: Mairie de Bedous.jpg
French commune.caption: Town hall
French commune.arrondissement: Oloron-Sainte-Marie
French commune.canton: Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
French commune.INSEE: 64104
French commune.postal code: 64490
French commune.mayor: Henri Bellegarde
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.elevation min m: 372
French commune.elevation max m: 1565
French commune.area km2: 11.64

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Official name: Bedous
Population: 568
Area: 11.64
Elevation: 771
Image: Mairie de Bedous.jpg

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Commons category: Bedous
postal code: 64490
native label: Bedous
male population: 293
female population: 304
P8168: Erwin Lambert
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +33-5-59-34-70-45

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Bedous (; Gascon: Bedós) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is the birthplace of Pierre Laclède, the Frenchman who founded the U.S. city of St. Louis.

Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970, but re-opened in 2016 as the terminus of service from Pau.