Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon

Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cans-et-Cévennes.[2] Its population was 91 in 2017.[1]

Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Part of Cans-et-Cévennes
The ruins of the château in Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Location of Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Coordinates: 44°18′01″N 3°39′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementFlorac
CantonLe Collet-de-Dèze
CommuneCans-et-Cévennes
Area
1
20.72 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
91
 • Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
48400
Elevation580–1,421 m (1,903–4,662 ft)
(avg. 610 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon stands at a crossing of the River Mimente 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 and its ruined chateau in passing, though not by name:

...the road passed hard by two black hamlets, one with an old castle atop to please the heart of the tourist.[4]

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 2–14 December 2015
  3. Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 129–127. 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. 165  – via Wikisource.



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