Lamastre

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Lamastre

(2020–2026) Jean-Paul Vallon^[1]Area

25.45 km² (9.83 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,342 • Density92/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

07129 /07270

Elevation342–860 m (1,122–2,822 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lamastre (French pronunciation: [lamastʁ]; Occitan: La Mastra) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. It lies on the river Doux. The Chemin de fer du Vivarais, a metre-gauge tourist railway, connects Lamastre with Tournon-sur-Rhône.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,800	—
1800	2,090	+2.16%
1806	1,798	−2.48%
1821	2,029	+0.81%
1831	2,218	+0.89%
1836	2,260	+0.38%
1841	2,423	+1.40%
1846	2,561	+1.11%
1851	2,501	−0.47%
1856	2,502	+0.01%
1861	2,925	+3.17%
1866	3,000	+0.51%
1872	3,180	+0.98%
1876	3,313	+1.03%
1881	3,209	−0.64%
1886	3,260	+0.32%
1891	3,693	+2.53%
1896	3,763	+0.38%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,759	−0.02%
1906	3,735	−0.13%
1911	3,663	−0.39%
1921	3,514	−0.41%
1926	3,712	+1.10%
1931	3,727	+0.08%
1936	3,674	−0.29%
1946	3,241	−1.25%
1954	3,361	+0.46%
1962	3,228	−0.50%
1968	3,247	+0.10%
1975	3,058	−0.85%
1982	3,007	−0.24%
1990	2,717	−1.26%
1999	2,467	−1.07%
2007	2,541	+0.37%
2012	2,426	−0.92%
2017	2,318	−0.91%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lamastre, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE