Bèze

For Théodore de Bèze, see Theodore Beza.

Bèze
Commune
The village and the Bèze river
Coat of arms
Location of Bèze
Bèze Bèze
Coordinates: 47°28′00″N 5°16′00″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Saint-Apollinaire
Intercommunality	Mirebellois et Fontenois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Le Gouz de Saint-Seine
Area 1	23.4 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	701
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21071 /21310
Elevation	201–305 m (659–1,001 ft) (avg. 214 m or 702 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bèze (French pronunciation: ​[bɛz]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

It takes its name from the Bèze river, which rises in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 883 —     1800 903 +2.3% 1806 969 +7.3% 1821 975 +0.6% 1831 1,031 +5.7% 1836 1,107 +7.4% 1841 1,226 +10.7% 1846 1,210 −1.3% 1851 1,173 −3.1% 1856 1,151 −1.9% 1861 1,135 −1.4% 1866 1,098 −3.3% 1872 1,001 −8.8% 1876 1,045 +4.4% 1881 1,022 −2.2% 1886 1,086 +6.3% 1891 1,025 −5.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 1,026 +0.1% 1901 1,007 −1.9% 1906 942 −6.5% 1911 870 −7.6% 1921 762 −12.4% 1926 720 −5.5% 1931 721 +0.1% 1936 664 −7.9% 1946 659 −0.8% 1954 585 −11.2% 1962 568 −2.9% 1968 495 −12.9% 1975 484 −2.2% 1982 526 +8.7% 1990 569 +8.2% 1999 632 +11.1% 2008 721 +14.1%

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department

External links

• Official website