Loudes
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay | |
| Canton | Saint-Paulien | |
| Community association | Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 3 ° 45' E | |
| height | 759–1,042 m | |
| surface | 24.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 918 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43320 | |
| INSEE code | 43124 | |
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Loudes is a French municipality with 918 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay and the canton of Saint-Paulien ( canton Loudes until 2015 ). The inhabitants are called Loudois .
geography
Loudes is about 15 kilometers west-northwest of Le Puy-en-Velay . Loudes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lissac in the north, Saint-Paulien in the north-east, Borne in the east, Saint-Vidal in the south-east, Chaspuzac in the south, Saint-Jean-de-Nay in the west and south-west and Vazeilles-Limandre in the west and north-west.
Le Puy-Loudes airfield is located in the municipal area .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 884 | 823 | 750 | 731 | 772 | 804 | 868 | 881 | 908 |
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Attractions
- Church, built in 1865
- Loudes Castle, built around 1000
- Mestrénac Castle, built around 1250 by the Knights Templar
- Le Charrouilh Castle, built around 1250 for the von Ceyssac family
church
Great tower of Loudes Castle
Mestrénac Castle
Le Charrouilh Castle
