Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas

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Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Commune
Monument on the Stevenson Trail
Monument on the Stevenson Trail
Location of Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas is located in France
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
Coordinates: 44°53′28″N 3°47′24″E / 44.8911°N 3.79°E / 44.8911; 3.79Coordinates: 44°53′28″N 3°47′24″E / 44.8911°N 3.79°E / 44.8911; 3.79
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Loire
ArrondissementLe Puy-en-Velay
CantonVelay volcanique
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Josette Arnaud[1]
Area
1
19.31 km2 (7.46 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
282
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
43037 /43510
Elevation1,118–1,301 m (3,668–4,268 ft)
(avg. 1,228 m or 4,029 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas (French pronunciation: ​[lə buʃɛ sɛ̃ nikɔla]; Occitan: Lo Bochet de Sant Nicolàs) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Personalities[]

The author Robert Louis Stevenson stayed at an inn in the village on 22 September 1878, having failed to find the nearby Lac de Bouchet, and his visit (recorded in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes[3]) is commemorated by a statue of the author and his donkey, Modestine. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[4]

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962405—    
1968427+5.4%
1975369−13.6%
1982301−18.4%
1990246−18.3%
1999236−4.1%
2006239+1.3%
2009233−2.5%

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 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Robert Louis Stevenson [1879]. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes at Project Gutenberg
  4. ^ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.



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