La Bastide-Pradines La Bastida de Pradinas ( Occitan)
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°00′09″N 3°02′50″E / 44.0025°N 3.0472°E / 44.0025; 3.0472
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aveyron
Arrondissement	Millau
Canton	Saint-Affrique
Intercommunality	Larzac et Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Malric [1]
Area 1	20.56 km2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	116
• Density	5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12022 /12490
Elevation	460–862 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.

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.

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

Geography

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

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

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 1925

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 101 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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%
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Source: EHESS [10] and INSEE [11]

Sites and Monuments

• 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

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

Bibliography

• 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

• Communes of the Aveyron department

References

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