Chasseradès

Part of Mont Lozère et Goulet in Occitania, France

Location of Chasseradès

44°33′07″N 3°49′36″E / 44.5519°N 3.8267°E / 44.5519; 3.8267CountryFranceRegionOccitaniaDepartmentLozèreArrondissementMendeCantonSaint-Étienne-du-ValdonnezCommuneMont Lozère et Goulet Area

61.93 km² (23.91 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

138 • Density2.2/km² (5.8/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

48250

Elevation951–1,482 m (3,120–4,862 ft)
(avg. 1,171 m or 3,842 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chasseradès (French pronunciation: [ʃasʁadɛs]; Occitan: Chassaradés) is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mont Lozère et Goulet.^[2] Its population was 138 in 2019.^[1]

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson stayed at an inn in the village of Chasseradès on the night of 27 September 1878, as recounted in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.^[3] The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.^[4]

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Chassezac.

References

^ ^a ^b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 23 May 2016 (in French)
^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "Upper Gévaudan (Continued)" . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 106 – via Wikisource.
^ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 122–126. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.