Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
| Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
 A view of the village from the south | |
  Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française Location within Occitanie region  Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française | |
| Coordinates: 44°10′04″N 3°50′33″E / 44.1678°N 3.84250°E / 44.1678; 3.84250Coordinates: 44°10′04″N 3°50′33″E / 44.1678°N 3.84250°E / 44.1678; 3.84250 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Lozère |
| Arrondissement | Florac |
| Canton | Le Collet-de-Dèze |
| Government | |
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2001–2008) | Yves Ausset |
| Area1 | 50.99 km2 (19.69 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 487 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 48148 /48330 |
| Elevation | 194–925 m (636–3,035 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.
The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson passed through the village on 2 October 1878, as recounted in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:
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I went down beside the Gardon of Mialet, a great glaring watercourse devoid of water, and through St. Etienne de Vallée Française, or Val Francesque, as they used to call it; and towards evening began to ascend the hill of St. Pierre.[1]
The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[2]
See also
- Communes of the Lozère department
References
^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "
The Country of the Camisards". Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Wikisource. 192–193.
^ Castle, Alan (2007). "Stage 12 – Saint-Germain-de-Calberte to Saint-Jean-du-Gard". The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 171–182. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
The Country of the Camisards". Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Wikisource. - INSEE commune file
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