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Location within Brittany region
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| Coordinates: 48°10′49″N 1°56′33″W / 48.1803°N 1.9425°WCoordinates: 48°10′49″N 1°56′33″W / 48.1803°N 1.9425°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Montfort-sur-Meu | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Montfort | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Joseph Thébault | |
| Area1 | 38.95 km2 (15.04 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 3,992 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35023 /35137 | |
| Elevation | 32–119 m (105–390 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Bédée (Breton: Bezeg, Gallo: Bedésc) is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany.
It is located in the North West of France and is labeled as a Stage village since 2009.
The name of Bédée would come from the Gaulish "Bedo" (= pit) or "betu" (= birch) and the suffix -iscum. The transcription of the name has changed: Bedesc in 1120, Bidisco in 1122 Bedensi in 1152, Bédec in 1187 and Bédiscum in 1330. It is from the 15th century that the name of Bédée appeared in its actual writing.
It can be mentioned that there is a character named Bède the vulnerable, a monk living in England during the 8th century. This rare name looks curiously like Bédée. Some Anglo-Saxon monks colonised Brittany in a distant past and left their name: Saint Méen, Saint Malo, etc. Searches in that direction could enable to consolidate this hypothesis.
Bédée is a town located in Montfort-sur-Meu county. It is at 20 km in the North West of Rennes and is surrounded by Montfort-sur-Meu, Iffendic, La Nouaye, Breteil, Pleumeleuc, Talensac, Saint-Gonlay.
During Prehistory, humans lived on the actual territory of Bédée. Indeed, prehistorical tools have been found (ex: polished axe) in villages such as la Morinais, la Rioulais and la Motte Besnard. Archaeological excavations took place in 2011 on the site of the ZAC du Pont-aux-Chèvres and enabled to find a site dated from the Bronze Age.
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