La Bastide-Puylaurent

La Bastide-Puylaurent (French pronunciation: [la bastid pɥiloʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Puèglaurenç) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

La Bastide-Puylaurent
Commune
The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent
Coat of arms
Location of La Bastide-Puylaurent
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Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Teissier[1]
Area 1	24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	178
• Density	7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

The Trappist monastery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows), visited by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, is about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche department. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path approximately following Stevenson's journey, runs through the village.^[3]

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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	242	—
1975	191	−3.32%
1982	176	−1.16%
1990	183	+0.49%
1999	157	−1.69%
2009	169	+0.74%
2014	171	+0.24%
2020	162	−0.90%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department