Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille
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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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Arcis[1]
Area ^1	39.39 km^2 (15.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,762
• Density	45/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille (French pronunciation: [lə mɔnastje syʁ ɡazɛj]; Occitan: Lo Monestier de Gaselha) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,085	—
1975	1,966	−0.84%
1982	1,911	−0.40%
1990	1,828	−0.55%
1999	1,734	−0.58%
2009	1,761	+0.15%
2014	1,788	+0.30%
2020	1,754	−0.32%
Source: INSEE[3]

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.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire 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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.

External links

• Le Monastier sur Gazeille in Haute-Loire (French)