Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas
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Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas | |
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,_Chemin_de_Stevenson.jpg) Monument on the Stevenson Trail | |
Location of Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas  | |
  Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas  Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas | |
| Coordinates: 44°53′28″N 3°47′24″E / 44.8911°N 3.79°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Canton | Velay volcanique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Alain Vidal[1] |
Area 1 | 19.31 km2 (7.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 271 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 43037 /43510 |
| Elevation | 1,118–1,301 m (3,668–4,268 ft) (avg. 1,228 m or 4,029 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas (French pronunciation: [lə buʃɛ sɛ̃ nikɔla]; Occitan: Lo Bochet de Sant Nicolàs) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
The author Robert Louis Stevenson stayed at an inn in the village on 22 September 1878, having failed to find the nearby Lac de Bouchet, and his visit (recorded in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes[3]) is commemorated by a statue of the author and his donkey, Modestine. The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[4]
