The Truc du Chapelat () is a peak in the Massif Central, part of the

Margeride Margeride (; in Auvergnat ) is a mountainous region of France, situated in the Massif Central, inside the ''departments of France, départements'' of Cantal, Haute-Loire and Lozère. Toponymy Originally, the name "Margeride" applied only to a s ...

mountains.

Toponymy

''Truc'' refers to a "large stone or rock" in

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...

. It is also a geological feature defining a hillock, a height covered with moorland. As for ''Chapelat'', it denotes a barren summit.

Geography

The Truc du Chapelat is located on a ridge line about 2.5 km as the crow flies from

Truc de la Garde The Truc de la Garde () is a summit in the Massif Central belonging to the Margeride mountains, bordering the French departments of Lozère and Haute-Loire. Toponymy ''Truc'' refers to a "large stone or rock" in Occitan language, Occitan. It is ...

, in the municipality of Malzieu-Forain in

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 ...

. Its summit is crowned with a

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

chaos.

References

Mountains of the Massif Central Mountains of Lozère {{Lozère-geo-stub