Lavaudieu

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2023–2026) Pascal Piroux^[1]Area17.54 km² (6.77 sq mi)Population247 • Density14/km² (36/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation438–727 m (1,437–2,385 ft)
(avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavaudieu (French pronunciation: [lavodjø]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Geography

The village lies on the right bank of the Senouire, which flows west through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	242	—
1975	229	−0.79%
1982	237	+0.49%
1990	238	+0.05%
1999	225	−0.62%
2009	224	−0.04%
2014	234	+0.88%
2020	250	+1.11%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

• Romanesque Lavaudieu Abbey, otherwise Lavaudieu Priory (Abbaye Saint-André de Lavaudieu), built by St Robert, the first abbot of La Chaise-Dieu, in the 11th century,^[4] which was at first a Benedictine priory, and later a house of secular canonesses from the Auvergnat nobility. It was raised to the status of abbey in 1719.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References