Mialet, Gard

Mialet
Coat of arms
Mialet
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Mialet
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Intercommunality	Grand Alès
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gilbert Rouanet
Area1	30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	563
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	30168 / 30140
Elevation	140–691 m (459–2,267 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
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.

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
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,566	—
1821	1,437	−8.2%
1846	1,421	−1.1%
1872	1,171	−17.6%
1901	935	−20.2%
1926	633	−32.3%
1946	489	−22.7%
1962	427	−12.7%
1968	371	−13.1%
1975	354	−4.6%
1982	449	+26.8%
1990	511	+13.8%
1999	539	+5.5%
2008	563	+4.5%

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)