Mende, Lozère
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Location | |
Administration | |
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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. | |
For other uses, see Mende.
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
[edit] External links
- Mende (in French, photographs)
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