Bétaille
Bétaille | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bétaille | |
  Bétaille Location within France  Bétaille Location within Occitanie | |
| Coordinates: 44°56′41″N 1°44′04″E / 44.9447°N 1.7344°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Lot |
| Arrondissement | Gourdon |
| Canton | Martel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Delrieu[1] |
Area 1 | 13.99 km2 (5.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,058 |
| • Density | 75.63/km2 (195.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 46028 /46110 |
| Elevation | 111–228 m (364–748 ft) (avg. 137 m or 449 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bétaille (French pronunciation: [betaj]; Occitan: Betalha) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France.
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym Bétaille (in Occitan Betalha) is based on the Latinized Gallic anthroponym Bitalliusor Vitalius.[3]
History
[edit]In a Cartulary de Beaulieu, from 943 to 948, a vicaire of Bétaille is mentioned as dependency of the province of Quercy.[4]
From the 1200s until 1738, Bétaille was a châtelain of the Viscounty of Turenne.[5]: 164 It was sold as part of the viscounty, with 25 fiefs, to the King of France on 8 May 1738.[5]: 164 It was later sold by the king to the d'Ambert family on 4 April 1748 for 70,000 livres.[5]: 164 It was sold again by the family on 28 April 1790.[5]: 164 The chateau, close to the old church, was in ruins by 1748.[5]: 164
During the Hundred Years' War, Bétaille was captured by English forces on the 20 March 1356 (10 March 1356 old style).[6] the English used the location to raid the areas around Martel.[6] They remained there until August 1356.[6]
The old church was demolished in 1871 and a new church built.[7] In 1854, main road opened, the D803 (then the D3), below the old village.[7] The train station opened in 1891.[7]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 757 | — |
| 1975 | 776 | +0.35% |
| 1982 | 789 | +0.24% |
| 1990 | 810 | +0.33% |
| 1999 | 826 | +0.22% |
| 2007 | 970 | +2.03% |
| 2012 | 1,052 | +1.64% |
| 2017 | 1,006 | −0.89% |
| 2023 | 1,058 | +0.84% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Bazalgues, Gaston (June 2002). À la découverte des noms de lieux du Quercy: Toponymie lotoise (in French). Gourdon: Éditions de la Bouriane et du Quercy. p. 43. ISBN 2-910540-16-2.
- ↑ Deloche, Maximin (1861). Etudes sur la géographie historique de la Gaule et spécialement sur les divisions territoriales du Limousin au Moyen-Age (in French).
- 1 2 3 4 5 Champeval, Jean-Baptiste (1898). Figeac et ses institutions religieuses, avec un état des fiefs du Haut-Quercy (in French). Cahors: L. Laytou.
- 1 2 3 Sol, Eugène (1944). L'église de Cahors : au temps de la lutte contre les Anglais (in French). pp. 104–105.
- 1 2 3 "Un peu d'HISTOIRE – Mairie de Bétaille" (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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