Les Estables

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

Les Estables
Commune
Location of Les Estables
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Coordinates: 44°54′19″N 4°09′18″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Brun
Area ^1	33.94 km^2 (13.10 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	333
• Density	9.8/km^2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43091 /43150
Elevation	1,033–1,725 m (3,389–5,659 ft) (avg. 1,346 m or 4,416 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

A young geometer, who was doing survey work in the area for the Cassini maps, the first modern maps of France, was hacked to death by suspicious villagers in the 1740s.[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,337 —     1806 999 −25.3% 1821 994 −0.5% 1831 1,044 +5.0% 1841 1,108 +6.1% 1851 928 −16.2% 1861 1,019 +9.8% 1872 1,033 +1.4% 1881 1,076 +4.2% 1891 1,054 −2.0% 1901 1,063 +0.9% 1911 1,025 −3.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 989 −3.5% 1931 1,046 +5.8% 1946 802 −23.3% 1954 689 −14.1% 1962 595 −13.6% 1968 526 −11.6% 1975 480 −8.7% 1982 350 −27.1% 1990 312 −10.9% 1999 325 +4.2% 2010 344 +5.8% 2017 333 −3.2%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Robb, Graham (2007). The Discovery of France. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-393-05973-1.