Cévennes National Park

Coordinates: 44°11′38″N 3°34′53″E / 44.19389°N 3.58139°E / 44.19389; 3.58139

Cévennes National Park (Parc national des Cévennes)
Protected Area
Country	France
Coordinates	44°11′38″N 3°34′53″E / 44.19389°N 3.58139°E / 44.19389; 3.58139
Established	1970
IUCN category	II - National Park
Website: http://www.cevennes-parcnational.fr/

The Cévennes National Park (French: Parc national des Cévennes) is a national park located in southern France, in the mountainous area of Cévennes.

Created in 1970, the park has its administrative seat in Florac at Florac Castle. It is located mainly in the départements of Lozère and Gard, and covers some parts of Ardèche and Aveyron. The Aven Armand cave is located in the park.

Geography

The park includes several mountains and plateaus, including: Mont Lozère, Mont Aigoual, Causse Méjean, France. Mont Lozère is the highest peak in the area, reaching 1,699 metres.

History

The Cévennes country is rich of history, with a strong cultural identity, being at the heart of Camisard revolt, which followed the revocation of the Edict of Fontainebleau, after which protestants were actively prosecuted.^[1] Numerous testimonies of Camisard war in the Cévennes abund in towns and villages of the Cévennes National Park. A project of a permanent exhibition devoted to the memory of Camisards has been elaborated at the old temple of Le Rouve (commune of Saint-André-de-Lancize).^{[2] [3]}

The temple of Rouve Bas: today disused, it is at the heart of a project devoted to the memory of Camisard war in Bougès mountains (Cévennes)

Points of interest

• Arboretum de Cazebonne
• Aven Armand

See also

• List of national parks of France
• Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) by Robert Louis Stevenson

External links

• Official Site (English, French)
• The Cevennes National Park (English, French, Dutch & German)
• http://www.bsi.fr/pnc/^{[dead link]} (in French)
• Regordane Info - The independent portal for The Regordane Way or St Gilles Trail. The Regordane Way crosses The Cévennes (in English and French)

References

1. ^ Antoine Court de Gébelin (2009), Histoire des troubles des Cévennes ou de la guerre des camisards sous le règne de Louis le Grand, reprint of the original text published in 1760. Editions Lacour-Ollé, Nîmes (in French)[1]
2. ^ Temple du Rouve.
3. ^ Musée du Bougès en Cévennes

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