Laubert

Laubert
A general view of Laubert
Laubert
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Laubert
Coordinates: 44°35′11″N 3°38′28″E / 44.5864°N 3.6411°ECoordinates: 44°35′11″N 3°38′28″E / 44.5864°N 3.6411°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Châteauneuf-de-Randon
Government
• Mayor (2005–2008)	Bernard Toulouse
Area^1	14.28 km^2 (5.51 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	134
• Density	9.4/km^2 (24/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	48082 / 48170
Elevation	1,186–1,428 m (3,891–4,685 ft) (avg. 1,200 m or 3,900 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.

Laubert is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

Inhabitants of Laubert are called "Laubertois".

Geography

Laubert is on the RN88, 20 km (12 mi) north of Mende and 69 km (43 mi) south of Le Puy-en-Velay.

History

The church

A chapel was founded in 1278, which was destroyed 1636, and rebuilt in 1773. The chapel was replaced by the present church in 1825.

The church tower is "en peigne". The commune's council refounded the main bell in 1963, because it was cracked.

A little fountain at the base of the church adds to the village's charm.

In it are:

• a 15th-century Christ in multicoloured wood,
• a virgin and child from the seventeenth century in gilded wood,
• an Atlas supporting the pulpit (there are three other Atlases of this type in Lozère),
• a gilded and painted retable, with turned columns, which came from the Capuchin church at Mende, topped with two urns.

The castle

The old castle cannot be visited. Only the outside and the ramparts are visible.

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department

External links

• Laubert