Cassagnas

Cassagnas
Commune
The town hall of Cassagnas
Cassagnas
Location within Occitanie region
Cassagnas
Coordinates: 44°16′19″N 3°44′50″E / 44.2719°N 3.7472°E / 44.2719; 3.7472Coordinates: 44°16′19″N 3°44′50″E / 44.2719°N 3.7472°E / 44.2719; 3.7472
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lozère
Arrondissement Florac
Canton Le Collet-de-Dèze
Intercommunality Tarnon-Mimente
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean Wilkin[1]
Area1 35.19 km2 (13.59 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 134
 • Density 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 48036 /48400
Elevation 667–1,398 m (2,188–4,587 ft)
(avg. 770 m or 2,530 ft)

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.

Cassagnas is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

The village of Cassagnas lies in the valley of the River Mimente, and on the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following approximately the route travelled by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.[2] Stevenson mentions the village by name:

I was now drawing near to Cassagnas, a cluster of black roofs upon the hillside, in this wild valley, among chestnut gardens, and looked upon in the clear air by many rocky peaks. The road along the Mimente is yet new, nor have the mountaineers recovered their surprise when the first cart arrived at Cassagnas.[3]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Site du conseil général de la Lozère Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Castle, Alan (2007). "Stage 10 – Florac to the Gare de Cassagnas". The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 154–163. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "Wikisource link to The Country of the Camisards". Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Wikisource. Wikisource page link 173.
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