Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Commune
A view of the village from the south
Location of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française
Coordinates: 44°10′04″N 3°50′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementFlorac
CantonLe Collet-de-Dèze
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Berno[1]
Area
1
50.99 km2 (19.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
510
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48148 /48330
Elevation194–925 m (636–3,035 ft)
(avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson passed through the village on 2 October 1878, as recounted in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:

I went down beside the Gardon of Mialet, a great glaring watercourse devoid of water, and through St. Etienne de Vallée Française, or Val Francesque, as they used to call it; and towards evening began to ascend the hill of St. Pierre.[3]

The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "The Country of the Camisards" . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 192–193  – via Wikisource.
  4. Castle, Alan (2007). "Stage 12 – Saint-Germain-de-Calberte to Saint-Jean-du-Gard". The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 171–182. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.



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