Florac Trois Rivières (, literally 'Florac Three Rivers'; oc, Florac-Tres-Rius) is a
commune
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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, ...
, southern
France
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. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of
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 ...
and
La Salle-Prunet
La Salle-Prunet (; oc, La Sala) is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Florac-Trois-Rivières.Arrêté préfectoral 2–14 December 2015 It is the seat (''
sous-préfecture
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'') of the
arrondissement of Florac
The arrondissement of Florac is an arrondissement of France in the Lozère department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 481 and its capital city is Florac-Trois-Rivières. Its population is 13,242 (2016), and its area is .
It is the ...
.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Lozère department
The following is a list of the 152 communes of the Lozère department of France
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