Causse Mejean, Cevennes National Park, France

Causse Méjean is a

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plateau in the

Lozère Lozère (; oc, Losera ) is a landlocked department in the region of Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the east by Ardèche, to the south by Gard, to the west by Aveyron, ...

department, in southern

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. It is a part of The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape

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Communes

Causse Méjan is part of 13

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in Lozère: *

Hures-la-Parade Hures-la-Parade (; oc, Ura e la Parada) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. Geography Hures-la-Parade is situated on the Causse Méjean in the southeastern part of the Lozère department. It was created in 1971 after t ...

Meyrueis Meyrueis is a Communes of France, commune in the Lozère Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography The town of Meyrueis is located between the foothills of Mont Aigoual to the south, and the Causse Méjean to the north. Th ...

* Les Vignes * Montbrun *

Florac Florac is a former commune of the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Florac-Trois-Rivières. History Medieval Raymond of Anduze held the barony of Florac and is recorded as using ...

* Le

Mas-Saint-Chély Mas-Saint-Chély (; oc, Sench Èli or ''Sench Eli'') is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Lozère department The following is a list of the 152 communes of the Lozère department of France ...

Gatuzières Gatuzières (; oc, Gatusièiras) is a Communes of France, commune in the Lozère Departments of France, department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Lozère department *Causse Méjean References Communes of Loz ...

* Fraissinet-de-Fourques * Vebron * Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves *

Le Rozier Le Rozier (; oc, Lo Rosièr) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. Geography The river Jonte joins the Tarn in Le Rozier. See also *Communes of the Lozère department *Causse Méjean Causse Méjean is a limestone pla ...

* Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers *

La Malène La Malène (; oc, La Malena) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Lozère department The following is a list of the 152 communes of the Lozère department of France France (), offic ...

References

Landforms of Lozère Plateaus of Metropolitan France {{Lozère-geo-stub