Mialet, Gard

Mialet
Mialet
Commune
	The Pont des Camisards in Mialet
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°ECoordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	La Grand-Combe
Intercommunality	Alès Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jack Verriez
Area 1	30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	621
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30168 /30140
Elevation	140–691 m (459–2,267 ft) ; (avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mialet (French pronunciation: [mjalɛ]; Occitan: Mialet) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

It lies close to Alès and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.

The commune includes the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, centre of the Protestant resistance during the 16th century.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,566	—
1821	1,437	−8.2%
1846	1,421	−1.1%
1872	1,171	−17.6%
1901	935	−20.2%
1926	633	−32.3%
1946	489	−22.7%
1962	427	−12.7%
1968	371	−13.1%
1975	354	−4.6%
1982	449	+26.8%
1990	511	+13.8%
1999	539	+5.5%
2008	563	+4.5%

Sights[]

Bridge, the Pont des camisards
Mas Soubeyran, known for its annual Protestant gatherings

Personalities[]

Rolland, or Rolland Laporte, from his real name Pierre Laporte, born 3 January 1680, died 14 April 1704, was a Camisard chief in the Cévennes, nicknamed «le Général des enfants de Dieu» (general of the children of God). His birth house is now the Musée du Désert.

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.