Meyrueis
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Clock tower and bridge over the Béthuzon in Meyrueis
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 44°10′46″N 3°25′49″E / 44.1794°N 3.4303°ECoordinates: 44°10′46″N 3°25′49″E / 44.1794°N 3.4303°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Lozère | |
| Arrondissement | Florac | |
| Canton | Florac | |
| Intercommunality | Vallée de la Jonte | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2014) | Denis Bertrand | |
| Area1 | 104.68 km2 (40.42 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 882 | |
| • Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 48096 /48150 | |
| Elevation | 611–1,562 m (2,005–5,125 ft) (avg. 706 m or 2,316 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Meyrueis is a commune in the Lozère département in southern France.
The town of Meyrueis is located between the foothills of Mont Aigoual to the south, and the Causse Méjean to the north. The town thus marks the border between the geographic areas of the Grands Causses, Causse Noir and Causse Méjean, and the Cévennes Mountains. Three rivers are meeting there: the Jonte, the Béthuzon and the Brèze. The communal territory stretches over 10,468 hectares, delimitated by a rectangle of 25 km long and 10 km wide, with an average altitude of 706 meters, and a highlight of 1562 meters.
The neighbouring towns are Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers and Hures-la-Parade to the north, Gatuzières to the east, Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu and Lanuéjols to the south. Finally, to the south-west, we find the commune of Veyreau in the Aveyron département.
The earliest evidence of a permanent settlement in the valley of Meyrueis dates from the end of prehistory. The region is divided between different Celtic tribes: Gabales on the Causse Méjean, Rutenes next to Rozier and the Causse Noir, Volques Arécomiques between Meyrueis, Mount Aigoual and Nemausus (Nîmes). The agglomeration of Meyrueis itself appears at the beginning of the Christian area on a terrace dominating the confluence of the Jonte with the Brèze and the Béthuzon. An excavation, conducted in the 1980s in the district of Claouset, has identified a group of houses located around a public monument (temple or civil basilica?). This Gallo-Roman settlement dates from the 1st century. Other vestiges of the same period also mark the region. The valleys of Meyrueis then form the northwest boundary of the civitas (administrative territory and diocese) of Nîmes.
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