Mende, Lozère

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Coordinates: 44°31′10″N 3°30′05″E / 44.51944, 3.50139

Commune of Mende

Pont Notre-Dame in Mende

Location
Mende, Lozère (France)
Mende, Lozère
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Lozère (préfecture)
Arrondissement Mende
Canton Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté de communes
de la Haute Vallée d'Olt
Mayor Jean-Jacques Delmas
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 691 m–1,236 m
(avg. 732 m)
Land area¹ 36.56 km²
Population²
(1999)
(Mendois) 11,804
 - Density 322/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 48095/ 48000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Mende is a commune of France, in the Lozère département, of which it is the préfecture (capital).

It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende.

[edit] Sights

The coat of arms of Mende
The coat of arms of Mende

[edit] External links

  • Mende (in French, photographs)
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