Mialet, Gard

Mialet

The Pont des Camisards in Mialet

Coat of arms
Mialet

Coordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°E / 44.1117; 3.9436Coordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°E / 44.1117; 3.9436
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Gard
Arrondissement Alès
Canton Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Intercommunality Grand Alès
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Gilbert Rouanet
Area1 30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 563
 • Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 30168 / 30140
Elevation 140–691 m (459–2,267 ft)
(avg. 165 m or 541 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.

Mialet is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

It lies close to Alès and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.

The commune includes the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, centre of the Protestant resistance during the 16th century.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,566—    
18211,437−8.2%
18461,421−1.1%
18721,171−17.6%
1901935−20.2%
1926633−32.3%
1946489−22.7%
1962427−12.7%
1968371−13.1%
1975354−4.6%
1982449+26.8%
1990511+13.8%
1999539+5.5%
2008563+4.5%

Sights

Personalities

Rolland, or Rolland Laporte, from his real name Pierre Laporte, born 3 January 1680, died 14 April 1704, was a Camisard chief in the Cévennes, nicknamed «le Général des enfants de Dieu» (general of the children of God). His birth house is now the Musée du Désert.

See also

References

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