Le Bleymard

Le Bleymard
The town hall of Le Bleymard
Coat of arms
Le Bleymard
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Le Bleymard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Le Bleymard
Intercommunality	Goulet-Mont Lozère
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Bergounhe
Area1	16.36 km2 (6.32 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	347
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	48027 / 48190
Elevation	1,037–1,482 m (3,402–4,862 ft) (avg. 1,069 m or 3,507 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Bleymard is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	752	—
1800	748	−0.5%
1806	749	+0.1%
1821	486	−35.1%
1831	583	+20.0%
1836	597	+2.4%
1841	583	−2.3%
1846	596	+2.2%
1851	652	+9.4%
1856	610	−6.4%
1861	553	−9.3%
1866	540	−2.4%
1872	575	+6.5%
1876	600	+4.3%
1881	678	+13.0%
1886	665	−1.9%
1891	605	−9.0%
1896	649	+7.3%
1901	598	−7.9%
1906	621	+3.8%
1911	697	+12.2%
1921	553	−20.7%
1926	575	+4.0%
1931	549	−4.5%
1936	448	−18.4%
1946	493	+10.0%
1954	336	−31.8%
1962	324	−3.6%
1968	295	−9.0%
1975	358	+21.4%
1982	434	+21.2%
1990	440	+1.4%
1999	446	+1.4%
2006	367	−17.7%
2009	347	−5.4%

Personalities

• Alphonse Magnien (1837-1902), Catholic educator
• Henri Rouvière (1876-1952), Professor of anatomy

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Le Bleymard in Lozere (separate texts in French, Dutch and German; photographs)