Mialet, Gard

Mialet
Mialet
Commune
	The Pont des Camisards in Mialet
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mialet
	Mialet Mialet
	Coordinates: 44°06′42″N 3°56′37″E / 44.1117°N 3.9436°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Alès
Canton	La Grand-Combe
Intercommunality	Alès Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jack Verriez
Area 1	30.76 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population (2021)	626
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Mialet (French pronunciation: [mjalɛ]; Occitan: 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. It houses the Musée du Désert, dedicated to the history of Protestantism in France.

History

The town's entire population was expelled by French troops on 1 April 1703, during the War of the Camisards.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	371	—
1975	354	−0.67%
1982	449	+3.45%
1990	511	+1.63%
1999	539	+0.59%
2009	575	+0.65%
2014	602	+0.92%
2020	623	+0.57%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

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

Notable residents

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.