Lavaudieu

Lavaudieu
Commune
Bridge on the Senouire River and St. André abbey.
Coat of arms
Location of Lavaudieu
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Coordinates: 45°15′49″N 3°27′17″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
Canton	Brioude
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pascal Piroux
Area 1	17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	247
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43117 /43100
Elevation	438–727 m (1,437–2,385 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavaudieu is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Geography

The village lies on the right bank of the Senouire, which flows west through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	764	—
1806	705	−7.7%
1821	671	−4.8%
1831	771	+14.9%
1841	856	+11.0%
1851	833	−2.7%
1861	801	−3.8%
1872	764	−4.6%
1881	762	−0.3%
1891	658	−13.6%
1901	620	−5.8%
1911	521	−16.0%
1921	440	−15.5%
1931	415	−5.7%
1946	342	−17.6%
1954	299	−12.6%
1962	258	−13.7%
1968	242	−6.2%
1975	229	−5.4%
1982	237	+3.5%
1990	238	+0.4%
1999	225	−5.5%
2008	228	+1.3%
2017	243	+6.6%

Sights

• Romanesque Lavaudieu Abbey, otherwise Lavaudieu Priory (Abbaye Saint-André de Lavaudieu), built by St Robert, the first abbot of La Chaise-Dieu, in the 11th century, which was at first a Benedictine priory, and later a house of secular canonesses from the Auvergnat nobility. It was raised to the status of abbey in 1719.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department