Labastide-sur-Bésorgues
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Canton | Aubenas-1 | |
| Community association | Basin d'Aubenas | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 44 ′ N , 4 ° 18 ′ E | |
| height | 556-1,403 m | |
| surface | 17.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 258 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07600 | |
| INSEE code | 07112 | |
| Website | Antraigues | |
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Labastide-sur-Bésorgues is a place and several hamlets ( hameaux existing) and individual farms municipality with 258 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the southern French department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes .
location
Labastide-sur-Bésorgues is located on the river Bésorgues at an altitude of 610 to 650 m above sea level. d. M. and surrounded by the mountains of the Ardèche After Aubenas there are just under 17 km away. The climate is temperate; Rain falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1846 | 1872 | 1906 | 1954 | 1999 | 2016 |
| Residents | 778 | 1059 | 904 | 380 | 176 | 261 |
The continuous decline in the number of inhabitants since the beginning of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs. In addition, almost all mountain regions in Europe became significantly depopulated during this period.
economy
Traditionally, the population lived from cattle breeding and a little arable farming on partially terraced fields, which, however, only produced low yields due to the altitude, so that chestnuts often formed the basic supply. 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 name of the place suggests a defensive village; which in the course of its history, which was dependent on the neighboring towns, had various surnames - for example Labastide d'Antraigues or Labastide-de-Juvinas . The community only became independent in the 1840s.
Attractions
- The medieval castle ( château ) was set on fire and demolished during the French Revolution .
- The parish church, built in neo-Romanesque style , dates from the middle of the 19th century.
- The communal baking house is still functional and is still used from time to time.
