Bédarrides

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

(2020–2026) Jean Berard^[1]Area24.79 km² (9.57 sq mi)Population5,410 • Density220/km² (570/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation20–119 m (66–390 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bédarrides (French pronunciation: [bedaʁid]; Provençal: Bedarrida) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Name

The settlement is attested as villa Betorrida in 814, Biturrita in 898, Bisturrita in 903, Beddurida in 908, and Bederrida in 1274.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,986	—
1975	3,816	+3.57%
1982	4,238	+1.51%
1990	4,816	+1.61%
1999	5,110	+0.66%
2007	5,103	−0.02%
2012	5,111	+0.03%
2017	5,171	+0.23%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Vaucluse department

References

Bibliography

• Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.