Goudet

Goudet is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. The village stands on the upper reaches of the River Loire and is overlooked by the Château de Beaufort, built in the 13th century, of importance during the Hundred Years War and the French Wars of Religion but abandoned after the Revolution of 1789.[2]

Goudet
Commune
The Loire and the Château de Beaufort
Location of Goudet
Goudet Goudet
Coordinates: 44°53′24″N 3°55′35″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Joël Lacour
Area ^1	4.5 km^2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	60
• Density	13/km^2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43101 /43150
Elevation	733–1,018 m (2,405–3,340 ft) (avg. 770 m or 2,530 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, runs through the village,[3] as do the GR3 and GR40.[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 443 —     1806 582 +31.4% 1821 540 −7.2% 1831 563 +4.3% 1841 513 −8.9% 1851 542 +5.7% 1861 548 +1.1% 1872 549 +0.2% 1881 510 −7.1% 1891 506 −0.8% 1901 485 −4.2% 1911 367 −24.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 285 −22.3% 1931 258 −9.5% 1946 155 −39.9% 1954 145 −6.5% 1962 103 −29.0% 1968 92 −10.7% 1975 82 −10.9% 1982 80 −2.4% 1990 65 −18.8% 1999 63 −3.1% 2012 56 −11.1% 2017 60 +7.1%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Base Mérimée: Château de Beaufort, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
3. Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 65–67. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
4. "Géoportail". IGN. Retrieved 27 June 2017.