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{{short description|Commune in Occitanie, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = La Bastide-Solages
|native name            = {{native name|oc|La Bastida de Solatge}}
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|arrondissement         = Millau
|canton                 = Causses-Rougiers
|INSEE                  = 12023
|postal code            = 12550
|mayor                  = André Rouquette<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = Réquistanais
|coordinates            = {{coord|43.9456|2.525|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 420
|elevation min m        = 205
|elevation max m        = 570
|area km2               = 7.1
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''La Bastide-Solages''' ({{IPA|fr|la bastid sɔlaʒ}}; {{langx|oc|La Bastida de Solatge}} or ''La Bastida Solatges'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Aveyron]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Southern France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/12023-la-bastide-solages INSEE commune file]</ref> Located on the departmental border with [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]], it had a population of 104 as of 2020.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Solageois'' (masculine) or ''Solageoises'' (feminine) in French.<ref>[http://www.habitants.fr/aveyron-12 Inhabitants of Aveyron] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Geography==
La Bastide-Solages is located some 25&nbsp;km east by north-east of [[Albi]] and 28&nbsp;km east by south-east of [[Carmaux]] just inside the ''Parc Naturel Regional des Grands Causses''. The north-western and southern borders of the commune are the departmental border with [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]]. Access to the commune is by the D555 which branches from the D33 east of the commune and comes west through the village then north to rejoin the D33 north of the commune. The D665 branches from the D555 in the south of the commune and follows the southern border west to a bridge across the Tarn which links to the D172. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Carriere Basse, Cayssials, La Carriere Haute, La Bastide, and Le Bousquet. The commune is farmland in the middle with forests in the east and west.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>

The river [[Tarn (river)|Tarn]] forms the whole north-western border as it flows south-west to eventually join the [[Garonne]] at [[Boudou]]. The ''Rance'' river forms the southern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Tarn at the western tip of the commune.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes and villages'''<ref name=Google/>
|width=auto
|Centre    = La Bastide-Solages 
|North     = [[Fraissines]]
|Northeast = [[Brasc]]
|East      = [[Coupiac]]
|Southeast = [[Curvalle]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Saint-André, Tarn|Saint-André]]
|West      = [[Trébas]]
|Northwest = [[Cadix, Tarn|Cadix]]
}}

==Toponymy==
La Bastide-Solages appears as ''la Baftide Teulat'' on the 1750 [[French cartography#Cassini maps|Cassini Map]]<ref name=Cassini1750/> and as ''la Baftide'' on the 1790 version.<ref name=Cassini1790/>

==Administration==
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of Successive [[Mayor (France)|Mayors]]'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=25186 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From !! To !! Name 
|-
| 1875 || 1885 || Pierre Jean Pousthomis 
|-
| 1885 || 1896 || Jean Souyris 
|-
| 1896 || 1903 || Joseph Pousthomis 
|-
| 2001 || 2014 || Léon Souyris 
|-
| 2014 || 2026 || André Rouquette 
|}

==Demography==
In 2017 the commune had 108 inhabitants. Between 1833 and 1874, it was part of the commune of [[Plaisance, Aveyron|Plaisance]].<ref name=ehess/>

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|2898|La Bastide-Solages}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-12023#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |255
|1800 |298
|1876 |466
|1881 |453
|1886 |424
|1891 |383
|1896 |429
|1901 |402
|1906 |405
|1911 |403
|1921 |309
|1926 |313
|1931 |250
|1936 |270
|1946 |287
|1954 |249
|1962 |247
|1968 |212
|1975 |177
|1982 |130
|1990 |111
|1999 |97
|2007 |114
|2012 |112
|2017 |108
}}

==Bibliography==
*Christian-Pierre Bedel, ''Sent-Sarnin, Balaguièr, Brasc, Combret, Copiac, La Bastida-Solatges, La Sèrra, La Val-Ròca-Cesièira, Martrinh, Montclar, Montfranc, Plasença, Postòmis, Sant-Jòri / Christian-Pierre Bedel et les habitants del canton de Sent-Sarnin'', Rodez, Mission départementale de la culture, 1992, Al canton collection, 232 pages, ill., cov. ill. 28&nbsp;cm, {{ISBN|2-907279-10-6}}, ISSN 1151-8375, BnF 35529736f {{in lang|fr}}

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Aveyron department]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Bastide-Solages,+France/@43.9456,2.525,14z La Bastide-Solages on Google Maps]</ref>
<ref name=Geo>[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=2.525,43.9456&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes La Bastide-Solages on the Géoportail] from [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
<ref name=Cassini1750>[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.9456&lon=2.525&zoom=13 ''la Baftide Teulat'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]</ref>
<ref name=Cassini1790>[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=43.9456&lon=2.525&zoom=12 ''la Baftide'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]</ref>
}}

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