La Bastide-Solages

La Bastide-Solages
La Bastida de Solatge (Occitan)
Location of La Bastide-Solages
La Bastide-Solages
La Bastide-Solages
Coordinates: 43°56′44″N 2°31′30″E / 43.9456°N 2.525°E / 43.9456; 2.525
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementMillau
CantonCausses-Rougiers
IntercommunalityRéquistanais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) André Rouquette[1]
Area
1
7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
117
 • Density16/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12023 /12550
Elevation205–570 m (673–1,870 ft)
(avg. 420 m or 1,380 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bastide-Solages (French pronunciation: [la bastid sɔlaʒ]; Occitan: La Bastida de Solatge or La Bastida Solatges) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.[3] It is located on the departmental border with Tarn.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Solageois (masculine) or Solageoises (feminine) in French.[4]

Geography

La Bastide-Solages is located some 25 km east by north-east of Albi and 28 km east by south-east of Carmaux just inside the Parc Naturel Regional des Grands Causses. The north-western and southern borders of the commune are the departmental border with Tarn. Access to the commune is by the D555 which branches from the D33 east of the commune and comes west through the village then north to rejoin the D33 north of the commune. The D665 branches from the D555 in the south of the commune and follows the southern border west to a bridge across the Tarn which links to the D172. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Carriere Basse, Cayssials, La Carriere Haute, La Bastide, and Le Bousquet. The commune is farmland in the middle with forests in the east and west.[5][6]

The river Tarn forms the whole north-western border as it flows south-west to eventually join the Garonne at Boudou. The Rance river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Tarn at the western tip of the commune.[5][6]

Toponymy

La Bastide-Solages appears as la Baftide Teulat on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as la Baftide on the 1790 version.[8]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[9]

From To Name
1875 1885 Pierre Jean Pousthomis
1885 1896 Jean Souyris
1896 1903 Joseph Pousthomis
2001 2014 Léon Souyris
2014 2026 André Rouquette

Demography

Between 1833 and 1874, La Bastide-Solages was part of the commune of Plaisance.[10]

Bibliography

  • Christian-Pierre Bedel, Sent-Sarnin, Balaguièr, Brasc, Combret, Copiac, La Bastida-Solatges, La Sèrra, La Val-Ròca-Cesièira, Martrinh, Montclar, Montfranc, Plasença, Postòmis, Sant-Jòri / Christian-Pierre Bedel et les habitants del canton de Sent-Sarnin, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 1992, Al canton collection, 232 pages, ill., cov. ill. 28 cm, ISBN 2-907279-10-6, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 35529736f (in French)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Inhabitants of Aveyron (in French)
  5. ^ a b c La Bastide-Solages on Google Maps
  6. ^ a b La Bastide-Solages on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  7. ^ la Baftide Teulat on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. ^ la Baftide on the 1790 Cassini Map
  9. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  10. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bastide-Solages, EHESS (in French).
  11. ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE