Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Commune
A view of the village from the south
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Location within Occitanie region
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Coordinates: 44°10′04″N 3°50′33″E / 44.1678°N 3.84250°E / 44.1678; 3.84250Coordinates: 44°10′04″N 3°50′33″E / 44.1678°N 3.84250°E / 44.1678; 3.84250
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Lozère
Arrondissement Florac
Canton Le Collet-de-Dèze
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Yves Ausset
Area1 50.99 km2 (19.69 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 487
 • Density 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 48148 /48330
Elevation 194–925 m (636–3,035 ft)
(avg. 245 m or 804 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.

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson passed through the village on 2 October 1878, as recounted in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:

I went down beside the Gardon of Mialet, a great glaring watercourse devoid of water, and through St. Etienne de Vallée Française, or Val Francesque, as they used to call it; and towards evening began to ascend the hill of St. Pierre.[1]

The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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 192–193.
  2. ↑ Castle, Alan (2007). "Stage 12 – Saint-Germain-de-Calberte to Saint-Jean-du-Gard". The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 171–182. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
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