Bessamorel, with an area of 736 hectares, is a municipality of the department of Haute-Loire, located 5 km from Yssingeaux 25 km from Le Puy-en-Velay. It depends on the Community saps Commons.
Its average altitude is 930 meters (887 m Messinhac - Suc of Ayme 1137 m). Its population is about 440 inhabitants, the "Bessamorellois"...
Its name means "the besse Morel," synonymous with "pre Morel." The history of this small town Auvergne begins around the year 1226 AD, when the lord of Saussac, then decided to install the Templars and make it cultivable land by the village farmers to meet the needs the growing local population. Attended the coming of the Order of Malta (cross near the Church). In the sixteenth century, the castle was built near the church was destroyed during the war of religion between Catholics and Huguenots and, therefore, the Order of Malta (Hospitallers of St. John) was destroyed. The old chapel of the Templars was restored and enlarged over the centuries and until the nineteenth century for the church Bessamorel. In the old cemetery on the side of the church, a sarcophagus was discovered 10 years ago probably dating from the twelfth century, the Templar monk....
