Les Salelles, Lozère

Les Salelles (French pronunciation: [le salɛl]) is a commune in the Lozère department in the region Occitanie in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Les Salellois.

Les Salelles
Commune
A view of the church in the village of Les Salelles
Location of Les Salelles
Les Salelles Les Salelles
Coordinates: 44°28′56″N 3°16′48″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Canton	Bourgs sur Colagne
Intercommunality	Aubrac Lot Causses Tarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Suzanne Badaroux
Area 1	10.62 km2 (4.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	166
• Density	16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	48185 /48230
Elevation	580–940 m (1,900–3,080 ft) (avg. 622 m or 2,041 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Les Salelles is on the left bank of river Lot, near the commune of Chanac.

History

In December 2003, an exceptional flooding of the river Lot destroyed part of the bridge and the road. The bridge was repaired.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 512 —     1800 370 −4.53% 1806 537 +6.41% 1821 530 −0.09% 1831 485 −0.88% 1836 545 +2.36% 1841 520 −0.93% 1846 510 −0.39% 1851 450 −2.47% 1856 432 −0.81% 1861 425 −0.33% 1866 416 −0.43% 1872 432 +0.63% 1876 487 +3.04% 1881 502 +0.61% 1886 446 −2.34% 1891 417 −1.34% 1896 420 +0.14%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 406 −0.68% 1906 400 −0.30% 1911 394 −0.30% 1921 256 −4.22% 1926 257 +0.08% 1931 246 −0.87% 1936 239 −0.58% 1946 223 −0.69% 1954 189 −2.05% 1962 183 −0.40% 1968 149 −3.37% 1975 118 −3.28% 1982 90 −3.80% 1990 99 +1.20% 1999 118 +1.97% 2007 149 +2.96% 2012 155 +0.79% 2017 164 +1.14%
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Religious buildings

• Church from the 14th century

Events

• Town fair on 15 August
• Bread fair in Autumn

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department

External links

• Official site of the commune des Salelles (French)