Cassagnas

Commune in Occitania, France

Location of Cassagnas

(2020–2026) Jean Wilkin^[1]Area

35.19 km² (13.59 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

125 • Density3.6/km² (9.2/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

48036 /48400

Elevation667–1,398 m (2,188–4,587 ft)
(avg. 770 m or 2,530 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cassagnas is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.^[3]

The village of Cassagnas lies in the valley of the River Mimente, and on the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following approximately the route travelled by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.^[4] Stevenson mentions the village by name:

I was now drawing near to Cassagnas, a cluster of black roofs upon the hillside, in this wild valley, among chestnut gardens, and looked upon in the clear air by many rocky peaks. The road along the Mimente is yet new, nor have the mountaineers recovered their surprise when the first cart arrived at Cassagnas.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Castle, Alan (2007). "Stage 10 – Florac to the Gare de Cassagnas". The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 154–163. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "The Country of the Camisards" . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 173 – via Wikisource.