LOZÈRE INFORMATION
LOZERE Geography
Lozère (in Occitan Losera), is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central, named after Mont Lozère.
Lozère is part of the current Languedoc-Roussillon region and is surrounded by the departments of Gard, in the region of Auvergne by the departments of Cantal and Haute-Loire, in the region of Rhône-Alpes by the department of Ardèche, and in the region of Midi-Pyrénées by the department and Aveyron.
The geography of Lozère is complicated, covering four mountain ranges. In the north-west, the basalt plateau of Aubrac rises between 1,000 and 1,450m, with a cold humid climate influenced by the Atlantic. The north and north-east of the department contains the Margeride mountains, which are formed of granite, and have peaks between 1,000 and 1,550m. The climate here is also cold, but dryer than Aubrac, with less snow.
The Causses are a series of very dry calcium plateaus in the south-west, and the south-east contains the Cévennes, which include the highest point in the department, the granite Mont Lozère at 1,702m.
Mont Lozère: Mont Lozère (Occitan: Mont Losera) is the highest peak in the Cévennes National Park of France. There is also a secondary peak, at 1,688 metres (5,538 ft).
Mont Lozère is commonly used for skiing during the winter months. It is also a popular destination for school/college/university groups during the summer months . It offers some stunning natural scenery and is covered by coniferous plantations and 'broom'scrub moorland.
LOZERE History
Lozère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.
The Beast of Gévaudan was a creature that terrorized the general area of the former province of Gévaudan, with nearly identical borders to today's Lozère, in the Margeride Mountains, in the general timeframe of 1764 to 1767.
The cheese of Lozère was praised in Pliny's Natural History:
The kinds of cheese that are most esteemed at Rome, where the various good things of all nations are to be judged of by comparison, are those which come from the provinces of Nemausus, and more especially the villages there of Lesura and Gabalis; but its excellence is only very short-lived, and it must be eaten while it is fresh.
LOZERE Economy
The main activities are farming and tourism, even though there is barely any agricultural farming in Lozère due to poor soil quality. Most farms are cattle farms. Aubrac cow is the most commonly produced.
The region has one of the lowest rate of unemployment in France.
LOZERE Administration
Department number : 48
Region : Languedoc-Roussillon
Prefecture : Mende
Subprefectures : Florac
Arrondissements : 2
Cantons : 25
Communes : 185
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