Bessines-sur-Gartempe
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Commune of Bessines-sur-Gartempe |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Bellac |
| Canton | Bessines-sur-Gartempe (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | CC Porte d'Occitanie |
| Mayor | Andrea Soyer (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 250–533 m |
| Land area¹ | 55.41 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,743 |
| - Density | 50/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 87014/ 87250 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Bessines-sur-Gartempe (Occitan: Becinas) is a town and commune in the Haute-Vienne département of central-western France.
[edit] Demographics
At the 1999 census, the population was 2,743. On 1 January 2005, the estimate was 2,885.
Inhabitants are known as Bessinauds.
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