Causse Méjean is a
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
plateau in the
Lozère
Lozère (; ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the ...
department, in southern
France
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. It is a part of
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.
Communes
Causse Méjan is part of 13
communes
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in Lozère:
*
Hures-la-Parade
*
Meyrueis
*
Les Vignes
*
Montbrun
*
Florac
* Le
Mas-Saint-Chély
*
Gatuzières
*
Fraissinet-de-Fourques
*
Vebron
*
Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves
*
Le Rozier
*
Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers
Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Lozère Departments of France, department in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie, southern France.
See also
*Communes of the Lozère department
*Causse Méjean
Refe ...
*
La Malène
See also
*
Causses
The Causses () are a group of limestone plateaux (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin (région), Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river ...
*
Gorges du Tarn
The Gorges du Tarn () is a canyon formed by the Tarn (river) between the Causse Méjean and the Causse de Sauveterre, in southern France. The canyon, mainly located in the Lozère ''département
In the administrative divisions of France, t ...
*
Cévennes National Park
References
Landforms of Lozère
Plateaus of Metropolitan France
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