La Bastide-Puylaurent

La Bastide-Puylaurent (French pronunciation: [la bastid pɥiloʁɑ̃]; Occitan: Puèglaurenç) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

La Bastide-Puylaurent
The war memorial outside the Les Pins Hotel, in La Bastide-Puylaurent
Location of La Bastide-Puylaurent
La Bastide-Puylaurent
La Bastide-Puylaurent
Coordinates: 44°35′36″N 3°54′22″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementMende
CantonSaint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Michel Teissier
Area
1
24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
170
  Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48021 /48250
Elevation751–1,328 m (2,464–4,357 ft)
(avg. 1,024 m or 3,360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Trappist monastery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows), visited by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, is about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche department. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path approximately following Stevenson's journey, runs through the village.

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