La Bastide-Puylaurent
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La Bastide-Puylaurent is a commune
in the Lozère
department in southern France
.
The Trappist
monastery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
(Our Lady of the Snows) is located about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche
department.
forms part of the commune's south-western border.
The town lies in the northern part of the commune, where it is crossed by the Allier
, which flows northeastward through the northern part of the commune.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Lozère
Lozère
Lozère , is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central, named after Mont Lozère.- History :Lozère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The Trappist
Trappists
The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance , or Trappists, is a Roman Catholic religious order of cloistered contemplative monks who follow the Rule of St. Benedict...
monastery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
Our Lady of the Snows (Trappist monastery)
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a Trappist monastery in the Ardèche département of south-central France. It was built in 1850, located on the territory of the commune of Saint-Laurent-les-Bains, about one and a half miles east of the village of La Bastide-Puylaurent...
(Our Lady of the Snows) is located about one and a half miles east of the village, in the Ardèche
Ardèche
Ardèche is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River.- History :The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardeche River has extensive standing stones ,...
department.
Geography
The ChassezacChassezac
The Chassezac is an long river in the Lozère, Gard and Ardèche départements, southern France, right tributary of the Ardèche. Its source is in the commune of Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges, km northeast of Les Chazeaux, main hamlet in the commune...
forms part of the commune's south-western border.
The town lies in the northern part of the commune, where it is crossed by the Allier
Allier River
The Allier is a river in central France, and is the left tributary to the Loire River. Its source is in the Massif Central, in the Lozère département, east of Mende. It flows generally north...
, which flows northeastward through the northern part of the commune.
External links
- La Bastide-Puylaurent in Lozere (separate texts in French, Dutch and German; photographs)
- Long hiking trails through La Bastide-Puylaurent:
- Little hiking loops around La Bastide-Puylaurent:
- Hamlets of the commune La Bastide-Puylaurent