Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
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| Coordinates: 44°56′23″N 3°59′46″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Canton | Mézenc |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Michel Arcis |
| Area 1 | 39.39 km2 (15.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,789 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 43135 /43150 |
| Elevation | 752–1,283 m (2,467–4,209 ft) (avg. 950 m or 3,120 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 3,515 | — |
| 1806 | 4,355 | +23.9% |
| 1821 | 3,105 | −28.7% |
| 1831 | 3,420 | +10.1% |
| 1841 | 3,461 | +1.2% |
| 1851 | 3,464 | +0.1% |
| 1861 | 3,589 | +3.6% |
| 1872 | 3,831 | +6.7% |
| 1881 | 3,749 | −2.1% |
| 1891 | 3,759 | +0.3% |
| 1901 | 3,743 | −0.4% |
| 1911 | 3,650 | −2.5% |
| 1921 | 3,554 | −2.6% |
| 1931 | 3,104 | −12.7% |
| 1946 | 2,255 | −27.4% |
| 1954 | 2,065 | −8.4% |
| 1962 | 2,085 | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 2,085 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,966 | −5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,911 | −2.8% |
| 1990 | 1,828 | −4.3% |
| 1999 | 1,734 | −5.1% |
| 2007 | 1,738 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,789 | +2.9% |
Sights
The official start of the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, is at Place de la Poste in the centre of the village, marked by a plaque. Stevenson spent about a month in Le Monastier before setting off on his travels, as recounted in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.[2]
gollark: But just store all objects in your apiolisp in one very large array (with some mechanism for marking spaces as free) and have the garbage collector traverse it and set entries to free as needed.
gollark: I think arena is the right term.
gollark: <@!293066066605768714> Allocate everything in one apiologically large arenæ?
gollark: acidified.
gollark: https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
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