La Bastide-Puylaurent
| La Bastide-Puylaurent | ||
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The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent | ||
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  La Bastide-Puylaurent | ||
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Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  La Bastide-Puylaurent | ||
| Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°ECoordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon | |
| Department | Lozère | |
| Arrondissement | Mende | |
| Canton | Villefort | |
| 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) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 48021 / 48250 | |
| Elevation |
751–1,328 m (2,464–4,357 ft) (avg. 1,024 m or 3,360 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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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) is located about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche department.
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 | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 210 | — |
| 1800 | 300 | +42.9% |
| 1806 | 190 | −36.7% |
| 1821 | 175 | −7.9% |
| 1831 | 218 | +24.6% |
| 1836 | 262 | +20.2% |
| 1841 | 268 | +2.3% |
| 1846 | 285 | +6.3% |
| 1851 | 271 | −4.9% |
| 1856 | 282 | +4.1% |
| 1861 | 276 | −2.1% |
| 1866 | 252 | −8.7% |
| 1872 | 348 | +38.1% |
| 1876 | 291 | −16.4% |
| 1881 | 351 | +20.6% |
| 1886 | 357 | +1.7% |
| 1891 | 325 | −9.0% |
| 1896 | 313 | −3.7% |
| 1901 | 300 | −4.2% |
| 1906 | 280 | −6.7% |
| 1911 | 260 | −7.1% |
| 1921 | 268 | +3.1% |
| 1926 | 269 | +0.4% |
| 1931 | 249 | −7.4% |
| 1936 | 289 | +16.1% |
| 1946 | 355 | +22.8% |
| 1954 | 212 | −40.3% |
| 1962 | 345 | +62.7% |
| 1968 | 242 | −29.9% |
| 1975 | 191 | −21.1% |
| 1982 | 176 | −7.9% |
| 1990 | 183 | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 157 | −14.2% |
| 2006 | 172 | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 169 | −1.7% |
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Bastide-Puylaurent. |
- La Bastide-Puylaurent in Lozere (separate texts in French, Dutch and German; photographs)
- Long hiking trails through La Bastide-Puylaurent:
- Little hiking loops around La Bastide-Puylaurent:
- Hamlets of the commune La Bastide-Puylaurent
