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Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas

Coordinates: 44°53′28″N 3°47′24″E / 44.8911°N 3.79°E / 44.8911; 3.79
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Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Monument on the Stevenson Trail
Monument on the Stevenson Trail
Location of Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
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Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas is located in France
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Coordinates: 44°53′28″N 3°47′24″E / 44.8911°N 3.79°E / 44.8911; 3.79
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Loire
ArrondissementLe Puy-en-Velay
CantonVelay volcanique
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Alain Vidal[1]
Area
1
19.31 km2 (7.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
276
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
43037 /43510
Elevation1,118–1,301 m (3,668–4,268 ft)
(avg. 1,228 m or 4,029 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas (French pronunciation: [lə buʃɛ sɛ̃ nikɔla]; Occitan: Lo Bochet de Sant Nicolàs) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Personalities

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The author Robert Louis Stevenson stayed at an inn in the village on 22 September 1878, having failed to find the nearby Lac de Bouchet, and his visit (recorded in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes[3]) is commemorated by a statue of the author and his donkey, Modestine. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[4]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 427—    
1975 369−2.06%
1982 301−2.87%
1990 246−2.49%
1999 236−0.46%
2009 233−0.13%
2014 271+3.07%
2020 280+0.55%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Robert Louis Stevenson [1879]. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes at Project Gutenberg
  4. ^ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE