Landos

Landos is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Landos
Commune
Castier Bridge
Location of Landos
Landos Landos
Coordinates: 44°50′37″N 3°49′57″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Velay volcanique
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Louis Reynaud
Area ^1	36.51 km^2 (14.10 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	891
• Density	24/km^2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43111 /43340
Elevation	978–1,237 m (3,209–4,058 ft) (avg. 1,120 m or 3,670 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 town, which is also on a disused railway from Le Puy-en-Velay to Langogne.[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	809	—
1806	917	+13.3%
1821	874	−4.7%
1831	896	+2.5%
1841	960	+7.1%
1851	998	+4.0%
1861	1,042	+4.4%
1872	1,067	+2.4%
1881	1,130	+5.9%
1891	1,274	+12.7%
1901	1,339	+5.1%
1911	1,618	+20.8%
1921	1,426	−11.9%
1931	1,366	−4.2%
1946	1,126	−17.6%
1954	1,126	+0.0%
1962	1,098	−2.5%
1968	1,205	+9.7%
1975	1,147	−4.8%
1982	1,064	−7.2%
1990	1,006	−5.5%
1999	901	−10.4%
2010	932	+3.4%
2017	891	−4.4%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.