Les Vastres

Les Vastres
Commune
Location of Les Vastres
Les Vastres Les Vastres
Coordinates: 44°59′24″N 4°15′42″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Pierre Dandois
Area 1	30.34 km2 (11.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	191
• Density	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43253 /43430
Elevation	777–1,215 m (2,549–3,986 ft) (avg. 1,100 m or 3,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,081 —     1806 812 −24.9% 1821 916 +12.8% 1831 941 +2.7% 1841 1,028 +9.2% 1851 1,009 −1.8% 1861 1,001 −0.8% 1872 1,009 +0.8% 1881 1,104 +9.4% 1891 1,142 +3.4% 1901 1,133 −0.8% 1911 1,064 −6.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,014 −4.7% 1931 948 −6.5% 1946 851 −10.2% 1954 785 −7.8% 1962 679 −13.5% 1968 588 −13.4% 1975 470 −20.1% 1982 358 −23.8% 1990 310 −13.4% 1999 221 −28.7% 2010 212 −4.1% 2017 203 −4.2%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department