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La Bastide-Puylaurent
La Bastide-Puylaurent
Commune
	The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent
	Coat of arms
	Location of La Bastide-Puylaurent
	La Bastide-Puylaurent La Bastide-Puylaurent
	Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E / 44.5933°N 3.9061°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Teissier
Area 1	24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population (2022)	178
• Density	7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	48021 /48250
Elevation	751–1,328 m (2,464–4,357 ft) ; (avg. 1,024 m or 3,360 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bastide-Puylaurent (French pronunciation: [la bastid pɥiloʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Puèglaurenç) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

The Trappist monastery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows), visited by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, is about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche department. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path approximately following Stevenson's journey, runs through the village.^[3]

Geography

The Chassezac forms part of the commune's southwestern border.

The town lies in the northern part of the commune, where it is crossed by the Allier, which flows northeast through the northern part of the commune.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 114–119. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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