Mende, Lozère

For other uses, see Mende (disambiguation).

Mende
Pont Notre-Dame in Mende
Mende
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Lozère
Arrondissement	Mende
Intercommunality	Haute Vallée d'Olt
Mayor	Alain Bertrand (PS) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	691–1,236 m (2,267–4,055 ft) (avg. 732 m/2,402 ft)
Land area1	36.56 km2 (14.12 sq mi)
Population2	12,378  (2006)
- Density	339 /km2 (880 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	48095/ 48000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°31′10″N 3°30′05″E / 44.51944°N 3.50139°E / 44.51944; 3.50139

Mende is a commune of France in the Lozère department of which it is the capital.

It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mende.

Sights

• Mende Cathedral (Roman Catholic) [1]

See also

• Communes of the Lozère department

External links

• Mende (in French, photographs)
• City council website
• (French)(Dutch)(German)(English)(Spanish)(Italian)(Portuguese)(Chinese),Office de Tourisme Mende