La Bastide-Pradines

La Bastide-Pradines (French pronunciation: [la bastid pʁadin]; Occitan: La Bastida de Pradinas or La Bastida Pradinas) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.^[3] As of 2020, it had a population of 113.

La Bastide-Pradines La Bastida de Pradinas (Occitan)
Commune
A general view of La Bastide-Pradines
Location of La Bastide-Pradines
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Coordinates: 44°00′09″N 3°02′50″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Saint-Affrique
Intercommunality	Larzac et Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Malric[1]
Area 1	20.56 km2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	116
• Density	5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12022 /12490
Elevation	460–862 m (1,509–2,828 ft) (avg. 574 m or 1,883 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidois (masculine) or Bastidoises (feminine) in French.^[4]

Geography

La Bastide-Pradines is located some 50 km south-east of Rodez and 10 km north-east of Saint-Affrique in the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Grands Causses. Access to the commune is by the A75 autoroute which passes through the north of the commune from north-west to east with Exit  46  in the commune and connecting to the D999. The D999 comes from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon in the west and passes through the centre of the commune north of the village and continues east to Exit  47  on the autoroute and to La Cavalerie. The D77 branches from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon by a southern route through the commune and the village and continues east to Lapanouse-de-Cernon. The D560 connects the village to the D999 to the north in the commune. A disused railway line passes through the commune from west to east south of the village. The commune is heavily forested in the south with the rest mainly farmland.^[5][6]

The Cernon river flows through the commune and the village from east to west and continues west then north joining the Tarn east of Comprégnac. The Ruisseau de Coufours rises in the north of the commune and flows south to join the Cernon near the village. The Ruisseau de Saute-Bouc rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Ruisseau de Coufours just north of the village. The Ruisseau des Clarous rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Cernon.^[5][6]

Toponymy

La Bastide-Pradines appears as la Baftide de Pradines on the 1750 Cassini Map^[7] and as la Bastide de Pradines on the 1790 version.^[8]

History

Formerly called La Bastide de Sernonenque, La Bastide-Pradines was once a Commandry of the Knights Hospitaller.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[9]

From	To	Name
1793	1795	Antoine Bosc
1795	1800	Joseph Calvet
1801	1815	Jean Pierre Vernhes
1816	1858	Louis Marie Antoine Gasc de la Gineste
1859	1865	Auguste Soutou
1865	1871	Gédéon Joseph Paul Caylet
1871	1876	Pierre Gazel
1876	1886	Benjamin Sigaud
1886	1888	Etienne Lacoste
1888	1896	Gualy de la Gineste
1896	1900	Auguste Malzac
1900	1908	Auguste Malzac
1908	1925	Jules Soutou

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1925

Mayors from 1925

From	To	Name
1925	1956	Emile de Gualy
1956	1977	Gabriel Malric
1977	1983	Augustin Mailhe
1983	1995	Alain Arnal
2001	2008	Emilien Boutonnet
2008	2014	Agnès Comby
2014	2026	Yves Malric

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 101 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 347 —     1800 417 +2.66% 1841 467 +0.28% 1846 486 +0.80% 1851 463 −0.96% 1856 466 +0.13% 1861 455 −0.48% 1866 435 −0.89% 1872 480 +1.65% 1876 446 −1.82% 1881 463 +0.75% 1886 929 +14.94% 1891 543 −10.18% 1896 385 −6.65% 1901 345 −2.17% 1906 332 −0.77%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1911 333 +0.06% 1921 253 −2.71% 1926 258 +0.39% 1931 257 −0.08% 1936 235 −1.77% 1946 189 −2.15% 1954 163 −1.83% 1962 143 −1.62% 1968 143 +0.00% 1975 118 −2.71% 1982 97 −2.76% 1990 102 +0.63% 1999 98 −0.44% 2007 108 +1.22% 2012 109 +0.18% 2017 101 −1.51%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Sites and Monuments

• The Granieyras, a fortified granary dating from the 14th century, at the time of the Knights Hospitaller.
• Houses from the 12th century.
• A Two-arch Bridge 17.60 m long, one arch forming a slight donkeyback and the other semicircular.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Emma Calvé, singer, has stayed at La Bastide-Pradines with her aunt.

Bibliography

• Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Jean-Luc Malet, Sent-Africa, La Bastida, Caumèls-e-Lo Vialar, Ròcafòrt, Sant-Faliç, Sent-Esèri, Sent-Jan, D'Aucàpias, Sent-Roma de Sarnon, Tornamira, Vabre, Verzòls-e-La Pèira / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Sent-Africa, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 2002, Al canton collection, 429 pages, ill., cov. ill. 28 cm, ISBN 2-907279-54-8, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 38977452h (in Occitan)

See also

• Communes of the Aveyron department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
5. La Bastide-Pradines on Google Maps
6. La Bastide-Pradines on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. la Baftide de Pradines on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. la Bastide de Pradines on the 1790 Cassini Map
9. List of Mayors of France (in French)
10. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-Pradines, EHESS (in French).
11. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE