Le Castellard-Melan

Le Castellard-Melan
The chapel of Our Lady, with the ruins of the castle in the background The chapel of Our Lady, with the ruins of the castle in the background
Coat of arms of Le Castellard-Melan Coat of arms
Le Castellard-Melan
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Le Castellard-Melan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Digne-les-Bains-Ouest
Intercommunality	Duyes et Bléone
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Julien
Area1	25.74 km2 (9.94 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	55
• Density	2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	04040 / 04380
Elevation	776–1,840 m (2,546–6,037 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 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 Castellard-Melan is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1765	172	—
1793	197	+14.5%
1806	199	+1.0%
1821	175	−12.1%
1831	175	+0.0%
1836	195	+11.4%
1841	207	+6.2%
1846	177	−14.5%
1851	167	−5.6%
1856	186	+11.4%
1861	174	−6.5%
1866	176	+1.1%
1872	165	−6.2%
1876	160	−3.0%
1881	171	+6.9%
1886	174	+1.8%
1891	147	−15.5%
1896	120	−18.4%
1901	132	+10.0%
1906	118	−10.6%
1911	110	−6.8%
1921	88	−20.0%
1926	86	−2.3%
1931	82	−4.7%
1936	70	−14.6%
1946	61	−12.9%
1954	64	+4.9%
1962	58	−9.4%
1968	47	−19.0%
1975	47	+0.0%
1982	55	+17.0%
1990	52	−5.5%
1999	52	+0.0%
2008	55	+5.8%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE