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Lozère 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, and the northwest by Cantal. It is named after Mont Lozère. With 76,604 inhabitants as of 2019, Lozère is the least populous French department. [edit] History
Lozère was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces.[1] Lozère was formed from part of the old province of Languedoc. Pliny's Natural History praised the cheese of Lozère:
During the period 1764–67, the Beast of Gévaudan, a creature believed to be a wolf, terrorized the general area in the Margeride Mountains of the former province of Gévaudan (nearly identical with the modern Lozère department). [edit] Research Tips
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