Lavaudieu
Commune
Bridge on the Senouire River and St. André abbey.
Coat of arms
Location of Lavaudieu
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Coordinates: 45°15′49″N 3°27′17″E / 45.2636°N 3.4547°E / 45.2636; 3.4547
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
Canton	Brioude
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Pascal Piroux[1]
Area 1	17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	247
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43117 /43100
Elevation	438–727 m (1,437–2,385 ft) (avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavaudieu (French pronunciation: [lavodjø]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Geography

The village lies on the right bank of the Senouire, which flows west through the commune.

Population

Sights

• Romanesque Lavaudieu Abbey, otherwise Lavaudieu Priory (Abbaye Saint-André de Lavaudieu), built by St Robert, the first abbot of La Chaise-Dieu, in the 11th century,^[4] which was at first a Benedictine priory, and later a house of secular canonesses from the Auvergnat nobility. It was raised to the status of abbey in 1719.