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Former commune in Lozère, France Part of Cans-et-Cévennes in Occitania, France
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Part of Cans-et-Cévennes
The ruins of the château in Saint-Julien-d'ArpaonThe ruins of the château in Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Location of Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon is located in FranceSaint-Julien-d'ArpaonSaint-Julien-d'ArpaonShow map of FranceSaint-Julien-d'Arpaon is located in OccitanieSaint-Julien-d'ArpaonSaint-Julien-d'ArpaonShow map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 44°18′01″N 3°39′59″E / 44.3003°N 3.6664°E / 44.3003; 3.6664
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementFlorac
CantonLe Collet-de-Dèze
CommuneCans-et-Cévennes
Area20.72 km (8.00 sq mi)
Population93
 • Density4.5/km (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code48400
Elevation580–1,421 m (1,903–4,662 ft)
(avg. 610 m or 2,000 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒyljɛ̃ daʁpaɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Julian d'Arpaon) is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cans-et-Cévennes. Its population was 93 in 2019.

Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon stands at a crossing of the river Mimente 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. Stevenson mentions the village and its ruined chateau in passing, though not by name:

...the road passed hard by two black hamlets, one with an old castle atop to please the heart of the tourist.

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon, EHESS (in French).
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 2–14 December 2015
  4. Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 129–127. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
  5. Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) . "The Country of the Camisards" . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 165  – via Wikisource.
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