La Bastide-Puylaurent

La Bastide-Puylaurent (French pronunciation: ​[la bastid pɥiloʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Puèglaurenç) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

La Bastide-Puylaurent
Commune
The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent
Coat of arms
Location of La Bastide-Puylaurent
La Bastide-Puylaurent
La Bastide-Puylaurent
Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementMende
CantonSaint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Teissier
Area
1
24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
157
 • Density6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48021 /48250
Elevation751–1,328 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.

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.[2]

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. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 114–119. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.


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