La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastida de Pradinas (Occitan)
Commune
A general view of La Bastide-Pradines
A general view of La Bastide-Pradines
Location of La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines is located in France
La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines is located in Occitanie
La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines
Coordinates: 44°00′09″N 3°02′50″E / 44.0025°N 3.0472°E / 44.0025; 3.0472
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonSaint-Affrique
IntercommunalityLarzac et Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yves Malric[1]
Area
1
20.56 km2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
116
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12022 /12490
Elevation460–862 m (1,509–2,828 ft)
(avg. 574 m or 1,883 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bastide-Pradines (French pronunciation: [la bastid pʁadin]; Occitan: La Bastida de Pradinas or La Bastida Pradinas) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.[3] As of 2020, it had a population of 113.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidois (masculine) or Bastidoises (feminine) in French.[4]

Geography

La Bastide-Pradines is located some 50 km south-east of Rodez and 10 km north-east of Saint-Affrique in the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Grands Causses. Access to the commune is by the A75 autoroute which passes through the north of the commune from north-west to east with Exit  46  in the commune and connecting to the D999. The D999 comes from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon in the west and passes through the centre of the commune north of the village and continues east to Exit  47  on the autoroute and to La Cavalerie. The D77 branches from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon by a southern route through the commune and the village and continues east to Lapanouse-de-Cernon. The D560 connects the village to the D999 to the north in the commune. A disused railway line passes through the commune from west to east south of the village. The commune is heavily forested in the south with the rest mainly farmland.[5][6]

The Cernon river flows through the commune and the village from east to west and continues west then north joining the Tarn east of Comprégnac. The Ruisseau de Coufours rises in the north of the commune and flows south to join the Cernon near the village. The Ruisseau de Saute-Bouc rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Ruisseau de Coufours just north of the village. The Ruisseau des Clarous rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Cernon.[5][6]

Toponymy

La Bastide-Pradines appears as la Baftide de Pradines on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as la Bastide de Pradines on the 1790 version.[8]

History

Formerly called La Bastide de Sernonenque, La Bastide-Pradines was once a Commandry of the Knights Hospitaller.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[9]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1925
FromToName
17931795Antoine Bosc
17951800Joseph Calvet
18011815Jean Pierre Vernhes
18161858Louis Marie Antoine Gasc de la Gineste
18591865Auguste Soutou
18651871Gédéon Joseph Paul Caylet
18711876Pierre Gazel
18761886Benjamin Sigaud
18861888Etienne Lacoste
18881896Gualy de la Gineste
18961900Auguste Malzac
19001908Auguste Malzac
19081925Jules Soutou
Mayors from 1925
FromToName
19251956Emile de Gualy
19561977Gabriel Malric
19771983Augustin Mailhe
19831995Alain Arnal
20012008Emilien Boutonnet
20082014Agnès Comby
20142026Yves Malric

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 101 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 347—    
1800 417+2.66%
1841 467+0.28%
1846 486+0.80%
1851 463−0.96%
1856 466+0.13%
1861 455−0.48%
1866 435−0.89%
1872 480+1.65%
1876 446−1.82%
1881 463+0.75%
1886 929+14.94%
1891 543−10.18%
1896 385−6.65%
1901 345−2.17%
1906 332−0.77%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1911 333+0.06%
1921 253−2.71%
1926 258+0.39%
1931 257−0.08%
1936 235−1.77%
1946 189−2.15%
1954 163−1.83%
1962 143−1.62%
1968 143+0.00%
1975 118−2.71%
1982 97−2.76%
1990 102+0.63%
1999 98−0.44%
2007 108+1.22%
2012 109+0.18%
2017 101−1.51%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Sites and Monuments

  • The Granieyras, a fortified granary dating from the 14th century, at the time of the Knights Hospitaller.
  • Houses from the 12th century.
  • A Two-arch Bridge 17.60 m long, one arch forming a slight donkeyback and the other semicircular.

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Emma Calvé, singer, has stayed at La Bastide-Pradines with her aunt.

Bibliography

  • Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Jean-Luc Malet, Sent-Africa, La Bastida, Caumèls-e-Lo Vialar, Ròcafòrt, Sant-Faliç, Sent-Esèri, Sent-Jan, D'Aucàpias, Sent-Roma de Sarnon, Tornamira, Vabre, Verzòls-e-La Pèira / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Sent-Africa, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 2002, Al canton collection, 429 pages, ill., cov. ill. 28 cm, ISBN 2-907279-54-8, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 38977452h (in Occitan)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
  5. 1 2 3 La Bastide-Pradines on Google Maps
  6. 1 2 La Bastide-Pradines on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ↑ la Baftide de Pradines on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ↑ la Bastide de Pradines on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  10. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-Pradines, EHESS (in French).
  11. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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