Le Malzieu-Forain
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Le Malzieu-Forain Lo Malasiu Foran |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lozère | |
| Arrondissement | Mende | |
| Canton | Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole | |
| Community association | Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 51 ′ N , 3 ° 20 ′ E | |
| height | 855-1,486 m | |
| surface | 48.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 476 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 48140 | |
| INSEE code | 48089 | |
Le Malzieu-Forain ( Occitan : Lo Malasiu Foran ) is a southern French municipality with 476 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lozère department in the Occitania region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Mende and Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole (until 2015: Canton Le Malzieu-Ville ). The inhabitants are called Malziolains .
location
Le Malzieu-Forain is located in the area of the Causse de Sauveterre in the south massif Central in the Cevennes in the historical landscape of Gevaudan . Le Malzieu-Forain is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Privat-du-Fau and Paulhac-en-Margeride in the north, Saugues in the northeast, Grèzes in the east and northeast, Chanaleilles in the east, Lajo in the south and southeast, and Saint-Alban-sur -Limagnole in the south, Prunières in the south-west, Le Malzieu-Ville in the west and Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 597 | 533 | 477 | 379 | 354 | 357 | 436 | 458 |
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Attractions
- Remains of the former castle with the Les Ducs tower
- La Gardelle chapel from the 18th century
Personalities
- Augustin Trébuchon (1878–1918), soldier, last dead of the First World War
- Léon Soulier (1924–2016), Bishop of Limoges
