La Bastide-Pradines (; oc, La Bastida de Pradinas or ''La Bastida Pradinas'') is a commune in the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...

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in the

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. As of 2020, it had a population of 113. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastidois'' (masculine) or ''Bastidoises'' (feminine) in French.

Geography

La Bastide-Pradines is located some 50 km south-east of

Rodez Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...

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

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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 Saint-Rome-de-Cernon (; oc, Sent Roma de Sarnon) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron department of ...

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 La Cavalerie (; oc, La Cavalariá) is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in southern France. During the 1970s it became the focal point of Fight for the Larzac, peasant resistance to the proposed ext ...

. The D77 branches from

by a southern route through the commune and the village and continues east to

Lapanouse-de-Cernon Lapanouse-de-Cernon (; oc, La Panosa de Sarnon) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 Communes of France, communes of the A ...

. 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

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. 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

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and as ''la Bastide de Pradines'' on the 1790 version.

History

Formerly called ''La Bastide de Sernonenque'', La Bastide-Pradines was once a

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of the

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Administration

List of Successive

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from 1925

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 101 inhabitants.

Sites and Monuments

*The Granieyras, a fortified granary dating from the 14th century, at the time of the

. *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