La Bastide-Puylaurent

La Bastide-Puylaurent
Commune
The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent

Coat of arms
La Bastide-Puylaurent
Location within Occitanie region
La Bastide-Puylaurent
Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°E / 44.5933; 3.9061Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°E / 44.5933; 3.9061
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lozère
Arrondissement Mende
Canton Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Teissier
Area1 24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 169
 • Density 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 48021 /48250
Elevation 751–1,328 m (2,464–4,357 ft)
(avg. 1,024 m or 3,360 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Bastide-Puylaurent is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

The Trappist monastery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows), visited by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, is about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche department. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path approximately following Stevenson's journey, runs through the village.[1]

Geography

The Chassezac forms part of the commune's southwestern border.

The town lies in the northern part of the commune, where it is crossed by the Allier, which flows northeast through the northern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793210—    
1800300+42.9%
1806190−36.7%
1821175−7.9%
1831218+24.6%
1836262+20.2%
1841268+2.3%
1846285+6.3%
1851271−4.9%
1856282+4.1%
1861276−2.1%
1866252−8.7%
1872348+38.1%
1876291−16.4%
1881351+20.6%
1886357+1.7%
1891325−9.0%
1896313−3.7%
1901300−4.2%
1906280−6.7%
1911260−7.1%
1921268+3.1%
1926269+0.4%
1931249−7.4%
1936289+16.1%
1946355+22.8%
1954212−40.3%
1962345+62.7%
1968242−29.9%
1975191−21.1%
1982176−7.9%
1990183+4.0%
1999157−14.2%
2006172+9.6%
2009169−1.7%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 114–119. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
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