La Garde, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

La Garde is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

La Garde
The village of La Garde overlooked by La Rocher Saint-Martin
Coat of arms
Location of La Garde
La Garde La Garde
Coordinates: 43°49′51″N 6°33′29″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Castellane
Canton	Castellane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Belisaire
Area ^1	16.63 km^2 (6.42 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	89
• Density	5.4/km^2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04092 /04120
Elevation	777–1,894 m (2,549–6,214 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1765 274 —     1793 438 +59.9% 1800 237 −45.9% 1806 286 +20.7% 1821 281 −1.7% 1831 266 −5.3% 1836 285 +7.1% 1841 285 +0.0% 1846 278 −2.5% 1851 252 −9.4% 1856 222 −11.9% 1861 208 −6.3% 1866 235 +13.0% 1872 236 +0.4% 1876 246 +4.2% 1881 237 −3.7% 1886 238 +0.4% 1891 218 −8.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 211 −3.2% 1901 180 −14.7% 1906 156 −13.3% 1911 122 −21.8% 1921 116 −4.9% 1926 119 +2.6% 1931 130 +9.2% 1936 95 −26.9% 1946 95 +0.0% 1954 81 −14.7% 1962 68 −16.0% 1968 54 −20.6% 1975 65 +20.4% 1982 68 +4.6% 1990 88 +29.4% 1999 56 −36.4% 2008 56 +0.0%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.