Albaret-le-Comtal

Albaret-le-Comtal

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Albaret-le-Comtal

Coordinates: 44°52′33″N 3°07′41″E / 44.8758°N 3.1281°E / 44.8758; 3.1281Coordinates: 44°52′33″N 3°07′41″E / 44.8758°N 3.1281°E / 44.8758; 3.1281
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lozère
Arrondissement Mende
Canton Fournels
Intercommunality Hautes Terres
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Clément Donnadieu
Area1 29.56 km2 (11.41 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 2,001
  Density 68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 48001 / 48310
Elevation 740–1,161 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Albaret-le-Comtal is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793817    
1800560−31.5%
1806765+36.6%
1821828+8.2%
1831609−26.4%
1836795+30.5%
1841697−12.3%
1846754+8.2%
1851792+5.0%
1856719−9.2%
1861637−11.4%
1866695+9.1%
1872637−8.3%
1876661+3.8%
1881662+0.2%
1886644−2.7%
1891547−15.1%
1896543−0.7%
1901585+7.7%
1906576−1.5%
1911599+4.0%
1921519−13.4%
1926510−1.7%
1931503−1.4%
1936513+2.0%
1946459−10.5%
1954351−23.5%
1962349−0.6%
1968303−13.2%
1975273−9.9%
1982248−9.2%
1990227−8.5%
1999198−12.8%
2006195−1.5%
2009201+3.1%

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. 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.

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