Goudet

Goudet
Commune
The Loire and the Château de Beaufort
The Loire and the Château de Beaufort
Location of Goudet
Goudet is located in France
Goudet
Goudet
Location within France
Goudet is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Goudet
Goudet
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 44°53′24″N 3°55′35″E / 44.89°N 3.9264°E / 44.89; 3.9264
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Loire
ArrondissementLe Puy-en-Velay
CantonMézenc
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Jean-Claude Massebeuf
Area
1
4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation
770 m (2,530 ft)
Highest elevation
1,018 m (3,340 ft)
Lowest elevation
733 m (2,405 ft)
Population
 (2023)
85
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
43101 /43150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 92—    
1975 82−1.63%
1982 80−0.35%
1990 65−2.56%
1999 63−0.35%
2007 62−0.20%
2012 56−2.02%
2017 60+1.39%
2023 85+5.98%
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Base Mérimée: Château de Beaufort, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  4. ↑ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 65–67. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
  5. ↑ "Géoportail". IGN. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE