Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise

Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
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Coat of arms
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
Coordinates: 45°30′50″N 2°56′01″E / 45.5139°N 2.9336°ECoordinates: 45°30′50″N 2°56′01″E / 45.5139°N 2.9336°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Issoire
Canton	Le Sancy[1]
Intercommunality	Massif du Sancy
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Lionel Gay[2]
Area^1	72.38 km^2 (27.95 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	1,497
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	63038 / 63610
Elevation	805–1,725 m (2,641–5,659 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, also known as Besse-en-Chandesse (its official name from April 2, 1961 to July 1, 1973), or Besse (its name before 1961), is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

The nearby ski resort of Super-Besse is to host the first mountain finish of the 2008 Tour de France.

Geography

The river Rhue has is source in the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1968	1,530	—
1975	1,767	+15.5%
1982	1,763	−0.2%
1990	1,799	+2.0%
1999	1,672	−7.1%
2006	1,632	−2.4%
2009	1,636	+0.2%
2013	1,497	−8.5%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)

See also

• Nicolas Bourbaki
• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References

• INSEE
• INSEE, 2013 census

1. "Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme" [2014-210 decree delimiting cantons of Puy-de-Dôme department]. Légifrance (in French). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "List of Mayors of Puy-de-Dôme" (PDF). Prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2016.