Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Le Monastier sur Gazeille 43.svg |
Arrondissement: | Le Puy-en-Velay |
Canton: | Mézenc |
Mayor: | Michel Arcis[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 44.9397°N 3.9961°W |
Elevation M: | 950 |
Elevation Min M: | 752 |
Elevation Max M: | 1283 |
Area Km2: | 39.39 |
Insee: | 43135 |
Postal Code: | 43150 |
Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille (in French pronounced as /lə mɔnastje syʁ ɡazɛj/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Monestier de Gaselha) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
The official start of the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path, is at Place de la Poste in the centre of the village, marked by a plaque. Stevenson spent about a month in Le Monastier before setting off on his travels, as recounted in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.[2]