Lavoûte-sur-Loire
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay | |
| Canton | Emblavez-et-Meygal | |
| Community association | Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 7 ' N , 3 ° 54' E | |
| height | 554-900 m | |
| surface | 10.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 840 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 83 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43800 | |
| INSEE code | 43119 | |
| Website | http://www.lavoute43.fr/ | |
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Town hall (Mairie) of Lavoûte-sur-Loire |
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Lavoûte-sur-Loire is a French commune with 1,012 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ); it belongs to the arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay and the canton Emblavez-et-Meygal (until 2015 Saint-Paulien ).
geography
Lavoûte-sur-Loire is located about nine kilometers north-northeast of Le Puy-en-Velay in the Velay and Loire countryside . Lavoûte-sur-Loire is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Vincent in the north, Beaulieu in the east and north-east, Malrevers in the south-east, Chaspinhac in the south and south-east, Polignac in the south and south-west, Blanzac in the south-west and Saint-Paulien in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 527 | 514 | 509 | 614 | 697 | 687 | 719 | 841 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Maurice church, a historic monument since 1944
- Lavoûte-Polignac Castle, Monument historique since 1967
- Ruins of the old Loire bridge
Personalities
- Melchior de Polignac (1661–1741), Archbishop of Auch (1725–1741), Cardinal (from 1713)
Web links
Commons : Lavoûte-sur-Loire - Collection of images, videos and audio files