Mialet, Gard

Mialet
Mialet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Intercommunality	Grand Alès
Mayor	Gilbert Rouanet (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	140–691 m (460–2,267 ft) (avg. 165 m/541 ft)
Land area1	30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population2	563  (2008)
- Density	18 /km2 (47 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	30168/ 30140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1116666667°N 3.94361111111°E / 44.1116666667; 3.94361111111

Mialet is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

It lies close to Alès and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.

The commune includes the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, centre of the Protestant resistance during the 16th century.

Population

Historical population of Mialet, Gard

1793	1821	1846	1872	1901	1926	1946	1962	1968	1975
1566	1437	1421	1171	935	633	489	427	371	354

1982	1990	1999	2008
449	511	539	563

Sights

• Bridge, the Pont des camisards
• Mas Soubeyran, known for its annual Protestant gatherings

Personalities

Rolland, or Rolland Laporte, from his real name Pierre Laporte, born 3 January 1680, died 14 April 1704, was a Camisard chief in the Cévennes, nicknamed «le Général des enfants de Dieu» (general of the children of God). His birth house is now the Musée du Désert.

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Le Musée du Désert website (English)