Lozère (Department, France)

Last modified: 2003-05-17 by ivan sache
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by Ivan Sache

• Administrative data
• Presentation of Lozère
• History of Lozère and Gévaudan
• Description of the flag
• Flags on cows during transhumance in Aubrac

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Lozère (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Mende

Administrative data

Code: 48
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Traditional province: Languedoc
Bordering departments: Ardèche, Aveyron, Cantal, Gard, Haute-Loire

Area: 5,167 km²
Population (1995): 72,800 inhabitants

Préfecture: Mende
Sous-préfecture: Florac
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 25 cantons, 185 communes.

The department is named after the mount Lozère (1,699 m).