Vialas

Vialas (French pronunciation: [vjalas]; Occitan: Vialars) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.^[3]

Vialas
Commune
Protestant church in Vialas
Coat of arms
Location of Vialas
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Coordinates: 44°20′04″N 3°53′48″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Florac
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Reydon[1]
Area 1	49.77 km2 (19.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	447
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	48194 /48220
Elevation	335–1,509 m (1,099–4,951 ft) (avg. 610 m or 2,000 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 1,550 —     1800 1,709 +1.40% 1806 1,790 +0.77% 1821 2,051 +0.91% 1831 2,041 −0.05% 1836 2,130 +0.86% 1841 2,126 −0.04% 1846 1,990 −1.31% 1851 2,005 +0.15% 1856 1,980 −0.25% 1861 2,299 +3.03% 1866 2,448 +1.26% 1872 2,310 −0.96% 1876 2,152 −1.76% 1881 2,096 −0.53% 1886 2,002 −0.91% 1891 1,720 −2.99% 1896 1,463 −3.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,359 −1.46% 1906 1,285 −1.11% 1911 1,179 −1.71% 1921 890 −2.77% 1926 848 −0.96% 1931 796 −1.26% 1936 809 +0.32% 1946 617 −2.67% 1954 507 −2.42% 1962 478 −0.73% 1968 352 −4.97% 1975 304 −2.07% 1982 356 +2.28% 1990 384 +0.95% 1999 425 +1.13% 2007 420 −0.15% 2012 440 +0.93% 2017 432 −0.37%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department