Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Commune
A general view of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

Coat of arms
Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Coordinates: 44°56′23″N 3°59′46″E / 44.9397°N 3.9961°E / 44.9397; 3.9961Coordinates: 44°56′23″N 3°59′46″E / 44.9397°N 3.9961°E / 44.9397; 3.9961
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Loire
Arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton Mézenc
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Arcis
Area1 39.39 km2 (15.21 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,734
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 43135 /43150
Elevation 752–1,283 m (2,467–4,209 ft)
(avg. 950 m or 3,120 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.

Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. The official start of the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, is at Place de la Poste in the centre of the village, marked by a plaque. Stevenson spent about a month in Le Monastier before setting off on his travels, as recounted in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.


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