Besse-sur-Issole

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Besse-sur-Issole

(2020–2026) Eric Collin^[1]Area

37.19 km² (14.36 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,095 • Density83/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

83018 /83890

Elevation230–637 m (755–2,090 ft)
(avg. 258 m or 846 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Besse-sur-Issole (French pronunciation: [bɛs syʁ isɔl]; Occitan: Bessa d'Issòla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	821	—
1975	756	−1.17%
1982	1,040	+4.66%
1990	1,342	+3.24%
1999	1,779	+3.18%
2007	2,721	+5.46%
2012	3,025	+2.14%
2017	3,039	+0.09%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE