Laveyrune
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Largentière | |
| Canton | Haute-Ardèche | |
| Community association | Montagne d'Ardèche | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 38 ′ N , 3 ° 54 ′ E | |
| height | 974-1,365 m | |
| surface | 13.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 107 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 8 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 48250 | |
| INSEE code | 07136 | |
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Laveyrune is a place and a municipality with 107 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the extreme west of the Ardèche department in the south of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region .
location
Laveyrune is located on the Allier River in the mountainous landscape of the Monts d'Ardèche , the southeastern part of the Massif Central , a good 57 km (driving distance) west of Aubenas and almost 60 km south of Le Puy-en-Velay at an altitude of approx. 985 m ü. d. M. The climate is temperate; Rain falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2014 |
| Residents | 324 | 383 | 456 | 174 | 126 | 119 |
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 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 ) .
Attractions
- The single-nave parish church of Ste-Madeleine , built in the second half of the 19th century in neo-Gothic style , has a single-tower facade.
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- The wooded and hilly surroundings are ideal for walks and hikes.
- The Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, inaugurated in 1850, is only approx. 8 km (driving distance) away. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson spent the night of 26-27 September 1868 here on his donkey journey through the Cevennes .
