Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas | |
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,_Chemin_de_Stevenson.jpg) Monument on the Stevenson Trail | |
 Location of Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas | |
  Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas Location within France  Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 44°53′28″N 3°47′24″E / 44.8911°N 3.79°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Canton | Velay volcanique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Alain Vidal[1] |
Area 1 | 19.31 km2 (7.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 267 |
| • Density | 13.8/km2 (35.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 43037 /43510 |
| Elevation | 1,118–1,301 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
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 427 | — |
| 1975 | 369 | −2.06% |
| 1982 | 301 | −2.87% |
| 1990 | 246 | −2.49% |
| 1999 | 236 | −0.46% |
| 2007 | 239 | +0.16% |
| 2012 | 258 | +1.54% |
| 2017 | 280 | +1.65% |
| 2023 | 267 | −0.79% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Robert Louis Stevenson [1879]. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes at Project Gutenberg
- ↑ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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