historical region of Gévaudan

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former French province historical region

The historical region of Gévaudan was a former province in south-central France, roughly corresponding to modern Lozère, known for its rugged landscapes and the 18th-century legend of the Beast of Gévaudan.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Gévaudan 1
historical region of Gévaudan canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former French province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeSuccessor Lozère NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Beast of Gévaudan legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders Auvergne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Languedoc plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rouergue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vivarais NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Mende NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate continental-influenced mountain climate ⓘ
contains Aubrac plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Causses NERFINISHED ⓘ
Margeride mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBy Lot River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarn River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Truyère River NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedIn French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
feudalStatus county ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Mende NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent Beast of Gévaudan attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Beast of Gévaudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
rugged landscapes ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterStatus province of Languedoc NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn south-central France NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Massif Central NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTown Florac NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marvejols NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Chély-d’Apcher NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Languedoc NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
presentIn modern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType rural ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo Lozère NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
timeOfEvent 1764–1767 Beast of Gévaudan attacks ⓘ
timePeriod Early modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Langogne → locatedIn → historical region of Gévaudan ⓘ
Duchy of Auvergne → borderedBy → historical region of Gévaudan ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Gévaudan