Cévennes, Cévennes National Park

Name: Cévennes
Address: Cévennes National Park, France

#5 among attractions in Cévennes National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass

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The Cévennes is a cultural region and range of mountains in south-central France, on the south-east edge of the Massif Central. It covers parts of the départements of Ardèche, Gard, Hérault and Lozère. Rich in geographical, natural, and cultural significance, portions of the region are protected within the Cévennes National Park, the Cévennes Biosphere Reserve, as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape. The area has been inhabited since 400,000 BCE and has numerous megaliths which were erected beginning around 2500 BCE. As an agriculturally-rich area, but not a suitable location for cities, the Cévennes developed a wide diversity of pastoral systems, including transhumance. The irrigation and road networks put in place in the early Middle Ages for these pastoral systems are still in use today. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 5584 ftCoordinates: 44°25'34"N, 3°44'21"E

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Cévennes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château du Tournel, Château de Miral, Mont Lozère, Pont Roumejon.

5.5 miN
Forts and castles
Château du Tournel
140 min walk • The Château du Tournel is a ruined feudal castle in the commune of Saint-Julien-du-Tournel in the Lozère département of France. A former seat of the Barons of Tournel, one of the eight baronies of Gévaudan, it was destroyed during the French Wars of Religion by Huguenot troops under Matthieu Merle.
6.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Château de Miral
175 min walk • The Château de Miral is a castle in the commune of Bédouès, in the Lozère département, in the Cevennes mountains of south-central France. It is about 10 km east of Florac going towards Le Pont-de-Montvert on road D998. The castle overlooks the confluence of the Rûnes and Tarn rivers.
~40 ftSW
Scenic peak reached by well-known trail
Mont Lozère, Cévennes National Park
1 min walk • Mont Lozère is the highest peak in the Cévennes, a subrange of the Massif Central in France. It is 1,699 metres above sea level and lies within the Cévennes National Park. Mont Lozère is commonly used for skiing during the winter months. It is also a popular destination for student groups during the summer months.
4.4 miS
Bridge
Pont Roumejon, Le Pont-de-Montvert
111 min walk • The Montvert Bridge is a bridge spanning the Tarn River and located in the former commune of Pont-de-Montvert, in the Lozère department in France.
6.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Château du Champ, Cévennes National Park
161 min walk • The Château du Champ is a fortified house turned castle located in Altier in Lozère, France.
~80 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Signal de Finiels, Cévennes National Park
1 min walk • The summit of Finiels is the highest point of the Lozère mountain range extending from Florac to Villefort, in the east-west direction, and from Bleymard to Pont-de-Monvert in the north-south direction.
4.1 miN
Church
St. John the Baptist Church, Le Bleymard
106 min walk • The Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Bleymard church is a Roman Catholic church located in Le Bleymard, France.
6.6 miNW
Memorial
War Memorial, Bagnols-les-Bains
169 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
4.1 miSW
Locality
Fraissinet-de-Lozère
104 min walk • Fraissinet-de-Lozère is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère. Its population was 192 in 2019.