Albaret-le-Comtal

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Albaret-le-Comtal

(2020–2026) Frédérique Pellissier-Godard^[1]Area

29.56 km² (11.41 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

151 • Density5.1/km² (13/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

48001 /48310

Elevation740–1,161 m (2,428–3,809 ft)
(avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Albaret-le-Comtal (French pronunciation: [albaʁɛ lə kɔ̃tal]; Occitan: Aubaret lo Comtal) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	303	—
1975	273	−1.48%
1982	248	−1.36%
1990	227	−1.10%
1999	198	−1.51%
2007	208	+0.62%
2012	185	−2.32%
2017	174	−1.22%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Economy

The village lies at the foot of a hydroelectric plant. The plant was built between 1916 and 1919 to supply energy to the hydrometallurgic factory at nearby Saint-Chély-du-Tarn.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Martinez, Alain; Tristan Cuche; Jean-Paul Labourdette; Dominique Auzias (2008). Le Petit Futé Lozère (in French). Petit Futé. p. 99. ISBN 2-7469-2174-X. Retrieved 6 February 2010.