Saint-Laurent-de-Muret
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Saint-Laurent-de-Muret Sent Laurenç de Muret |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lozère | |
| Arrondissement | Mende | |
| Canton | Aumont-Aubrac | |
| Community association | Gévaudan | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 976-1,381 m | |
| surface | 46.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 185 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 48100 | |
| INSEE code | 48165 | |
 Saint-Laurent-de-Muret - the townscape with Pic de Mus |
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Saint-Laurent-de-Muret ( Occitan : Sent Laurenç de Muret ) is a place and a municipality in southern France with 185 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lozère department in the north of the Occitania region . At an altitude of approx. 1180 m, Saint-Laurent-de-Muret is one of the highest permanently inhabited places in the Massif Central .
location
The place Saint-Laurent-de-Muret is located on the Aubrac plateau above the Piou river in the southeastern foothills of the Massif Central at an altitude of approx. 1180 m above sea level. d. M. about 48 kilometers (driving distance) northwest of Mende or about 160 kilometers south of Clermont-Ferrand .
geology
The mountainous surroundings of the place are dominated by extinct volcanic cones - including the Pic de Mus ( 1324 m ), the Truc de Muret ( 1244 m ) and the Tournelle ( 1208 m ). There are also two older table mountains , the peaks of which were abraded during the last Ice Age: the Montagne de Rabios with its highest elevation, the Moure de Legue ( 1353 m ) and the Plô du Faltre ( 1380 m ). In places, the underground granite rock , with which the houses in the area were built earlier, comes to light. Several smaller mountain streams and rivers arise on the mountain slopes, all of which flow into the Colagne and via this into the Lot and finally into the Garonne .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Residents | 252 | 590 | 616 | 332 | 164 | 187 |
As a result of the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture , the population of Saint-Laurent-de-Muret has steadily declined since the beginning of the 20th century to the lows of recent decades.
economy
For centuries, agriculture in the region was primarily self-sufficient . Today - in addition to the breeding of Aubrac cattle , which is largely carried out in the form of suckler cow husbandry - tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) plays a not unimportant role in the economic life of the municipality.
history
The place and parish have been dependent on the collegiate church of Marvejols through a bull by Pope Martin V since the early 15th century . The Huguenots , Camisards and Cevennes Wars in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries left no traces in Saint-Laurent.
Attractions
- The scenic surroundings of the place invite you to hike, during which you can also climb the peaks of the surrounding mountains. The summit of the Pic de Mus , on which a statue of the Virgin Mary ( Notre-Dame-de-la-Montagne ) stands today, is an ancient place of pilgrimage - perhaps dating back to pagan times.
- The parish church of the village is a building from the 19th century with a mixture of neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic elements.
Virgin Mary statue on the Pic de Mus
Old bridge over the Blatte
Granite block on the summit of the Moure de Legue
Stone slab bridge over the Piou near the hamlet of Le Mas de Muret
