La Chapelle-Laurent | |
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A general view of La Chapelle-Laurent | |
Coordinates: 45°10′43″N3°14′40″E / 45.1786°N 3.2444°E Coordinates: 45°10′43″N3°14′40″E / 45.1786°N 3.2444°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Cantal |
Arrondissement | Saint-Flour |
Canton | Saint-Flour-1 |
Intercommunality | Pays de Massiac |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Gérard Ceytre |
Area 1 | 26.09 km2 (10.07 sq mi) |
Population (2016-01-01) [1] | 282 |
• Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 15042 /15500 |
Elevation | 623–1,060 m (2,044–3,478 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Chapelle-Laurent is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany, comuni in Italy or ayuntamiento in Spain. The United Kingdom has no exact equivalent, as communes resemble districts in urban areas, but are closer to parishes in rural areas where districts are much larger. Communes are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The communes are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France.
Cantal is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, with its prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour and Mauriac and its residents are known as Cantalians. Cantal borders the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire, Aveyron, Lot, Lozère and Corrèze, in the Massif Central natural region. Along with Lozère and Creuse, Cantal is among the most sparsely populated and geographically isolated departments of France and Aurillac is the departmental capital farthest removed from a major motorway. It had a population of 145,969 in 2016, making it the country's 97th most populated department.
In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government below the national level, between the administrative regions and the commune. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as regions. Departments are further subdivided into 334 arrondissements, themselves divided into cantons; the last two have no autonomy, and are used for the organisation of police, fire departments, and sometimes, elections.
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 482 | — |
1968 | 485 | +0.6% |
1975 | 453 | −6.6% |
1982 | 414 | −8.6% |
1990 | 399 | −3.6% |
1999 | 382 | −4.3% |
2008 | 342 | −10.5% |
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