Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

(2020–2026) Michel Arcis^[1]Area

39.39 km² (15.21 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,762 • Density45/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43135 /43150

Elevation752–1,283 m (2,467–4,209 ft)
(avg. 950 m or 3,120 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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]

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