Cassagnas

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

Cassagnas
Commune
The town hall of Cassagnas
Location of Cassagnas
Cassagnas
Cassagnas
Coordinates: 44°16′19″N 3°44′50″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementFlorac
CantonLe Collet-de-Dèze
IntercommunalityTarnon-Mimente
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean Wilkin[1]
Area
1
35.19 km2 (13.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
123
 • Density3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48036 /48400
Elevation667–1,398 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.

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.[3] 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.[4]


See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "The Country of the Camisards" . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 173  – via Wikisource.
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