Chasseradès (; oc, Chassaradés) is a former
commune 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 in southern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. 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' ...
. Its population was 138 in 2019.
[
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 ...
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
''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 ...
''.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the river Chassezac
The Chassezac (; oc, Chassesac) is an long river in the Lozère, Gard and Ardèche departments in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Ardèche. Its source is in the commune of Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges, northeast of Les Chazeaux, th ...
.
See also
*Communes of the Lozère department
The following is a list of the 152 communes of the Lozère department of France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories ...
References
External links
Chasserades in Lozere
(French; photographs)
Stevenson Trail GR70 Hiking trail
Former communes of Lozère
{{Lozère-geo-stub