Aubazat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Brioude | |
| Canton | Pays de Lafayette | |
| Community association | Rives du Haut Allier | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 8 ′ N , 3 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 464-848 m | |
| surface | 16.38 km 2 | |
| Residents | 178 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43380 | |
| INSEE code | 43011 | |
 Aubazat - Chapelle de Peyrusse |
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Aubazat is a place and a multi hamlets and farmsteads French community with 178 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the old cultural landscape of the Auvergne .
location
Aubazat is located on the south bank of the Allier River , about 26 kilometers south of Brioude and about 50 kilometers northwest of Le Puy-en-Velay at an altitude of about 520 m above sea level. d. The municipality is crossed by the Cronce River, which flows into the Allier here.
climate
The climate is temperate; Rain falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1854 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2014 |
| Residents | 397 | 548 | 505 | 240 | 172 | 171 |
The continuous decline in the number of inhabitants since the beginning of the 20th century is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs. In addition, almost all mountain regions in Europe were depopulated in favor of the cities located in the valley.
economy
Traditionally, the population lived from cattle breeding and a little agriculture, which, however, only produced low yields due to the altitude. Today forestry and tourism play the most important roles in the economic life of the place in the form of the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) .
history
The remote mountain community was already settled in the Middle Ages; however, there is no documentary evidence.
Attractions
- The parish church of St-Roch has a precisely bricked Romanesque apse made of reddish stone material with set columns . The nave and the bell tower on the side seem from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century to date. The most important part of the church's equipment is a carved and colored entombment group (7 people plus Christ); it is assigned to the 15th century, but it could also have been made later.
' Environment'
- The Romanesque Chapelle de Peyrusse stands on a mountain flank near a former rock cult site above the hamlet ( 45 ° 8 ′ 8 ″ N , 3 ° 27 ′ 41 ″ E ). During restoration work, several frescoes were discovered in the apse , which show Christ in the mandorla surrounded by the symbols of the evangelists , a burial of Mary in the circle of the apostles and numerous figures of saints. A consecrated portable altar stone is also shown. The church was declared a monument historique in 1907 .
Web links
- Aubazat, sights - photos + brief information (French)
- Aubazat, sights - photos + brief information (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aubazat - card with heights
- ↑ Brioude / Aubazat - climate tables
- ↑ Aubazat - Chapelle de Peyrusse in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)