Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Part of Cans-et-Cévennes
The ruins of the château in Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
The ruins of the château in Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Location of Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon is located in France
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon is located in Occitanie
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
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
Area
1
20.72 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
93
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
48400
Elevation580–1,421 m (1,903–4,662 ft)
(avg. 610 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cans-et-Cévennes.[3] Its population was 93 in 2019.[1]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 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) [1879]. "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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