Mialet (Gard)

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Mialet
Mialet Coat of Arms
Mialet (France)
Mialet
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Alès
Canton La Grand-Combe
Community association Alès agglomeration
Coordinates 44 ° 7 '  N , 3 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '  N , 3 ° 57'  E
height 140-691 m
surface 30.76 km 2
Residents 624 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30140
INSEE code 30168
Website http://www.mialet.net/

Historic bridge over the Gardon de Mialet

Mialet is a commune in the southern Mediterranean of France in the arrondissement of Alès in the Gard department in the Occitanie region .

geography

Mialet is on the edge of the Cevennes National Park , about 80 kilometers west of Avignon , 60 kilometers south is the city of Nîmes , and another 50 km south is the Mediterranean Sea . The river Gardon de Mialet , one of the four tributaries to the Gardon , flows past the village.

The municipalities bordering Mialet are Générargues , Saint-Jean-du-Gard , Saint-Paul-la-Coste , Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille and Thoiras in the same department, as well as Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française and Saint-Martin-de -Boubaux in the Lozère department .

history

The Musée du Désert , which is particularly dedicated to the history of Protestantism in the region, is located in the Mas Soubeyran settlement belonging to the municipality . The denomination was widespread throughout the Cevennes and became a starting point for resistance and underground activities after the Edict of Nantes was withdrawn in 1685 . A désert , which is also the French word for desert, was a suitable place of refuge for such activities in the period that followed. It later became the museum that exists today.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 427 371 354 449 511 539 557 624
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Web links

Commons : Mialet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le Musée du Désert , cevennes-tourisme.fr