La Bastide-Puylaurent

La Bastide-Puylaurent

The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent

Coat of arms
La Bastide-Puylaurent

Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°E / 44.5933; 3.9061Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°E / 44.5933; 3.9061
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Lozère
Arrondissement Mende
Canton Villefort
Government
  Mayor (20082014) 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)

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.

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
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%

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