Blandas
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan | |
| Canton | Le Vigan | |
| Community association | Pays Viganais | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 55 ' N , 3 ° 31' E | |
| height | 280-953 m | |
| surface | 37.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 135 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30770 | |
| INSEE code | 30040 | |
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Blandas is a French commune with 135 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region .
geography
The municipality of Blandas is located in the west of the Gard department and on the southern edge of the Cevennes , which in turn are assigned to the Massif Central . It is part of a sparsely populated region and is 47 and 68 kilometers away from the cities of Montpellier and Nîmes as the crow flies. The surrounding landscape is shaped by the limestone plateaus of the Causses , with the Causse de Blandas being named after the town of Blandas in its center. The municipality is one of its core areas, but the plateau also includes areas of neighboring municipalities, in particular Montdardier and Rogues . Several depressions in the form of sinkholes occur in this landscape form. The Causse de Blandas is the southernmost of the Causses. Typical larger plants are oak and box trees . While there are individual elevations on the plateau and the highest point of its area is at 953 meters above sea level, the Vis flows on its southern border , which runs through the landscape in a deep gorge.
The neighboring municipalities of Blandas are Arrigas and Arre in the north, Montdardier in the northeast, Rogues in the southeast, Saint-Maurice-Navacelles in the south, Vissec in the southwest, Campestre-et-Luc in the west and Alzon in the northwest.
Infrastructure
In the village of Blandas several local roads meet, which represent connections to various neighboring towns. The D113 connects Avèze and the small town of Le Vigan via Montdardier .
history
Different types of megaliths , which occur in large numbers on the Causse de Blandas, prove an early human settlement of the plateau. Presumably since around 3000 BC, people were permanently resident there, farming and raising livestock. Since 2011, Blandas has been registered as part of a region of Causses and Cevennes in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, whereby the millennia of agropastoral management of the barren soil is recognized. The form of land use, which is particularly characterized by sheep breeding, has survived into the 21st century. The megaliths on the Causse include three cromlechs (stone circles), 55 menhirs and 25 dolmens . In 2009, the hidden entrance to a cave was discovered near the site, which contained 5,000 year old traces of human habitation, including vases and shards of other vessels. During the time of Roman rule there was also a small settlement around the site of the present-day location.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 172 | 141 | 115 | 116 | 112 | 106 | 128 | 135 |
In 1793 the community still had 600 inhabitants. In the course of the 19th century, and especially towards the end of it, there was already a population decline to 420 residents, who were counted in 1901. By 1954 the number fell below 200 people and continued through the 20th century to the low of 106 inhabitants in 1999, which was only about a quarter of the value in 1901. At the beginning of the 21st century, however, there was a slight increase in the number of residents.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distance between Blandas et les plus grandes villes , annuaire-mairie.fr
- ↑ a b Blandas ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , cc-paysviganais.fr
- ↑ Blandas - Notice Communale , cassini.ehess.fr
