La Bastide-Pradines (French pronunciation: [la bastid pʁadin]; Occitan: La Bastida de Pradinas or La Bastida Pradinas) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.[3] As of 2020, it had a population of 113.

La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastida de Pradinas (Occitan)
A general view of La Bastide-Pradines
A general view of La Bastide-Pradines
Location of La Bastide-Pradines
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La Bastide-Pradines is located in France
La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines is located in Occitanie
La Bastide-Pradines
La Bastide-Pradines
Coordinates: 44°00′09″N 3°02′50″E / 44.0025°N 3.0472°E / 44.0025; 3.0472
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonSaint-Affrique
IntercommunalityLarzac et Vallées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yves Malric[1]
Area
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20.56 km2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
116
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12022 /12490
Elevation460–862 m (1,509–2,828 ft)
(avg. 574 m or 1,883 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidois (masculine) or Bastidoises (feminine) in French.[4]

Geography

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La Bastide-Pradines is located some 50 km south-east of Rodez and 10 km north-east of Saint-Affrique in the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Grands Causses. Access to the commune is by the A75 autoroute which passes through the north of the commune from north-west to east with Exit   46  in the commune and connecting to the D999. The D999 comes from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon in the west and passes through the centre of the commune north of the village and continues east to Exit   47  on the autoroute and to La Cavalerie. The D77 branches from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon by a southern route through the commune and the village and continues east to Lapanouse-de-Cernon. The D560 connects the village to the D999 to the north in the commune. A disused railway line passes through the commune from west to east south of the village. The commune is heavily forested in the south with the rest mainly farmland.[5][6]

The Cernon river flows through the commune and the village from east to west and continues west then north joining the Tarn east of Comprégnac. The Ruisseau de Coufours rises in the north of the commune and flows south to join the Cernon near the village. The Ruisseau de Saute-Bouc rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Ruisseau de Coufours just north of the village. The Ruisseau des Clarous rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Cernon.[5][6]

Toponymy

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La Bastide-Pradines appears as la Baftide de Pradines on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as la Bastide de Pradines on the 1790 version.[8]

History

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Formerly called La Bastide de Sernonenque, La Bastide-Pradines was once a Commandry of the Knights Hospitaller.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1925
From To Name
1793 1795 Antoine Bosc
1795 1800 Joseph Calvet
1801 1815 Jean Pierre Vernhes
1816 1858 Louis Marie Antoine Gasc de la Gineste
1859 1865 Auguste Soutou
1865 1871 Gédéon Joseph Paul Caylet
1871 1876 Pierre Gazel
1876 1886 Benjamin Sigaud
1886 1888 Etienne Lacoste
1888 1896 Gualy de la Gineste
1896 1900 Auguste Malzac
1900 1908 Auguste Malzac
1908 1925 Jules Soutou
Mayors from 1925
From To Name
1925 1956 Emile de Gualy
1956 1977 Gabriel Malric
1977 1983 Augustin Mailhe
1983 1995 Alain Arnal
2001 2008 Emilien Boutonnet
2008 2014 Agnès Comby
2014 2026 Yves Malric

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 101 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 347—    
1800 417+2.66%
1841 467+0.28%
1846 486+0.80%
1851 463−0.96%
1856 466+0.13%
1861 455−0.48%
1866 435−0.89%
1872 480+1.65%
1876 446−1.82%
1881 463+0.75%
1886 929+14.94%
1891 543−10.18%
1896 385−6.65%
1901 345−2.17%
1906 332−0.77%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1911 333+0.06%
1921 253−2.71%
1926 258+0.39%
1931 257−0.08%
1936 235−1.77%
1946 189−2.15%
1954 163−1.83%
1962 143−1.62%
1968 143+0.00%
1975 118−2.71%
1982 97−2.76%
1990 102+0.63%
1999 98−0.44%
2007 108+1.22%
2012 109+0.18%
2017 101−1.51%
Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

Sites and Monuments

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  • The Granieyras, a fortified granary dating from the 14th century, at the time of the Knights Hospitaller.
  • Houses from the 12th century.
  • A Two-arch Bridge 17.60 m long, one arch forming a slight donkeyback and the other semicircular.

Notable people linked to the commune

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  • Emma Calvé, singer, has stayed at La Bastide-Pradines with her aunt.

Bibliography

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  • Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Jean-Luc Malet, Sent-Africa, La Bastida, Caumèls-e-Lo Vialar, Ròcafòrt, Sant-Faliç, Sent-Esèri, Sent-Jan, D'Aucàpias, Sent-Roma de Sarnon, Tornamira, Vabre, Verzòls-e-La Pèira / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Sent-Africa, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 2002, Al canton collection, 429 pages, ill., cov. ill. 28 cm, ISBN 2-907279-54-8, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 38977452h (in Occitan)

See also

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References

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