Goudet

Goudet (French pronunciation: [ɡudɛ]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. The village stands on the upper reaches of the river Loire and is overlooked by the Château de Beaufort, built in the 13th century, of importance during the Hundred Years War and the French Wars of Religion but abandoned after the Revolution of 1789.^[3]

Goudet
Commune
The Loire and the Château de Beaufort
Location of Goudet
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Coordinates: 44°53′24″N 3°55′35″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Jean-Claude Massebeuf[1]
Area 1	4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	75
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43101 /43150
Elevation	733–1,018 m (2,405–3,340 ft) (avg. 770 m or 2,530 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, runs through the village,^[4] as do the GR3 and GR40.^[5]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	92	—
1975	82	−1.63%
1982	80	−0.35%
1990	65	−2.56%
1999	63	−0.35%
2009	63	+0.00%
2014	58	−1.64%
2020	56	−0.58%
Source: INSEE[6]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department