Lablachère

Lablachère (French pronunciation: [lablaʃɛʁ]; Occitan: La Blachèira) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Lablachère
Commune
The church in Lablachère
Location of Lablachère
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Coordinates: 44°27′52″N 4°12′54″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Largentière
Canton	Les Cévennes ardéchoises
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Laporte[1]
Area 1	26.38 km2 (10.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,214
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07117 /07230
Elevation	160–451 m (525–1,480 ft) (avg. 289 m or 948 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,827 —     1800 1,752 −0.60% 1806 1,807 +0.52% 1821 2,312 +1.66% 1831 2,865 +2.17% 1836 2,780 −0.60% 1841 2,981 +1.41% 1846 2,836 −0.99% 1851 2,944 +0.75% 1856 2,861 −0.57% 1861 2,675 −1.34% 1866 2,528 −1.12% 1872 2,519 −0.06% 1876 2,276 −2.50% 1881 1,996 −2.59% 1886 2,029 +0.33% 1891 1,928 −1.02% 1896 1,891 −0.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,869 −0.23% 1906 1,872 +0.03% 1911 1,690 −2.02% 1921 1,558 −0.81% 1926 1,457 −1.33% 1931 1,530 +0.98% 1936 1,554 +0.31% 1946 1,400 −1.04% 1954 1,338 −0.56% 1962 1,250 −0.85% 1968 1,270 +0.26% 1975 1,277 +0.08% 1982 1,392 +1.24% 1990 1,562 +1.45% 1999 1,520 −0.30% 2009 1,852 +2.00% 2014 2,054 +2.09% 2020 2,213 +1.25%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department