Le Bleymard (; oc, Lo Blumar) is a former
commune
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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
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in southern
France
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. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune
Mont Lozère et Goulet
Mont Lozère et Goulet is a commune in the department of Lozère, southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Le Bleymard (the seat), Bagnols-les-Bains, Belvezet, Chasseradès, Mas-d'O ...
.
The Scottish author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...
ate in the village on the evening of 28 September 1878 before camping nearby, as recounted in his book ''
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
''Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes'' (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature.
Background
Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his par ...
''.
The
Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village, and a three-day "Festival Stevenson" is held in the area annually. The nearby
Mont Lozère
Mont Lozère ( oc, Mont Losera) is the highest peak in the Cévennes, a subrange of the Massif Central in France. It is above sea level and lies within the Cévennes National Park.
Mont Lozère is commonly used for skiing during the winter mont ...
is a ski resort.
Population
Personalities
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Alphonse Magnien
Alphonse Magnien (June 9, 1837 – December 21, 1902) was the superior at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1902. He exerted a considerable influence on Roman Catholic seminary education in the United States.
...
(1837–1902), Catholic educator
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Henri Rouvière Henri Rouvière (23 December 1876 – 26 October 1952) was a professor of anatomy born in Le Bleymard, France.
He studied in Montpellier, receiving his medical doctorate in 1903. He later became a professor of anatomy and embryology at the Uni ...
(1876–1952), Professor of anatomy
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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References
External links
Le Bleymard in Lozere(separate texts in French, Dutch and German; photographs)
Former communes of Lozère
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