La Bastide-Pradines (; or La Bastida Pradinas) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.INSEE commune file
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidois (masculine) or Bastidoises (feminine) in French.Inhabitants of Aveyron
Geography La Bastide-Pradines is located some 50 km south-east of Rodez and 10 km north-east of Saint-Affrique in the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Grands Causses. Access to the commune is by the A75 autoroute which passes through the north of the commune from north-west to east with Exit in the commune and connecting to the D999. The D999 comes from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon in the west and passes through the centre of the commune north of the village and continues east to Exit on the autoroute and to La Cavalerie. The D77 branches from Saint-Rome-de-Cernon by a southern route through the commune and the village and continues east to Lapanouse-de-Cernon. The D560 connects the village to the D999 to the north in the commune. A disused railway line passes through the commune from west to east south of the village. The commune is heavily forested in the south with the rest mainly farmland.
The Cernon river flows through the commune and the village from east to west and continues west then north joining the Tarn east of Comprégnac. The Ruisseau de Coufours rises in the north of the commune and flows south to join the Cernon near the village. The Ruisseau de Saute-Bouc rises in the north-east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Ruisseau de Coufours just north of the village. The Ruisseau des Clarous rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Cernon.
Toponymy La Bastide-Pradines appears as la Baftide de Pradines on the 1750 Cassini Map and as la Bastide de Pradines on the 1790 version.
History Formerly called La Bastide de Sernonenque, La Bastide-Pradines was once a Commandry of the Knights Hospitaller.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France
From To Name 1793 1795 Antoine Bosc 1795 1800 Joseph Calvet 1801 1815 Jean Pierre Vernhes 1816 1858 Louis Marie Antoine Gasc de la Gineste 1859 1865 Auguste Soutou 1865 1871 Gédéon Joseph Paul Caylet 1871 1876 Pierre Gazel 1876 1886 Benjamin Sigaud 1886 1888 Etienne Lacoste 1888 1896 1896 1900 Auguste Malzac 1900 1908 Auguste Malzac 1908 1925 Jules Soutou
Mayors from 1925
From To Name 1925 1956 1956 1977 Gabriel Malric 1977 1983 Augustin Mailhe 1983 1995 Alain Arnal 2001 2008 Emilien Boutonnet 2008 2014 Agnès Comby 2014 2026 Yves Malric
Demography
Sites and Monuments The Granieyras, a fortified granary dating from the 14th century, at the time of the Knights Hospitaller. Houses from the 12th century. A Two-arch Bridge 17.60 m long, one arch forming a slight donkeyback and the other semicircular.
Notable people linked to the commune Emma Calvé, singer, has stayed at La Bastide-Pradines with her aunt.
Bibliography Christian-Pierre Bedel, preface by Jean-Luc Malet, Sent-Africa, La Bastida, Caumèls-e-Lo Vialar, Ròcafòrt, Sant-Faliç, Sent-Esèri, Sent-Jan, D'Aucàpias, Sent-Roma de Sarnon, Tornamira, Vabre, Verzòls-e-La Pèira / Christian-Pierre Bedel e los estatjants del canton de Sent-Africa, Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 2002, Al canton collection, 429 pages, ill., cov. ill. 28 cm, , ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 38977452h
See also Communes of the Aveyron department
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