Landos

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Landos

(2020–2026) Jean-Louis Reynaud^[1]Area

36.51 km² (14.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

873 • Density24/km² (62/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43111 /43340

Elevation978–1,237 m (3,209–4,058 ft)
(avg. 1,120 m or 3,670 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Landos (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dɔs]; Occitan: Landòs) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, runs through the town, which is also on a disused railway from Le Puy-en-Velay to Langogne.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,205	—
1975	1,147	−0.70%
1982	1,064	−1.07%
1990	1,006	−0.70%
1999	901	−1.22%
2009	912	+0.12%
2014	907	−0.11%
2020	872	−0.65%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE