The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape

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UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape protected area

The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed region in southern France recognized for its dramatic limestone plateaus, deep valleys, and centuries-old traditions of Mediterranean mountain farming and transhumant pastoralism.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Causses and Cévennes landscapes 1
Causses and Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape 1
UNESCO World Heritage buffer area (Cévennes, agro-pastoral cultural landscape) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area 302,319 hectares ⓘ
associatedWith sheep and cattle transhumance routes ⓘ
traditional chestnut cultivation in Cévennes ⓘ
bufferZoneArea 312,425 hectares ⓘ
climateType Mediterranean with mountain influences ⓘ
contains Causses limestone plateaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cévennes mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
deep valleys and gorges ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonstrates adaptation of pastoralism to mountainous Mediterranean environment ⓘ
hasBuiltHeritage drailles (drovers’ roads) ⓘ
dry-stone walls ⓘ
stone farm buildings ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
hasTraditionalActivity cheese production ⓘ
seasonal movement of flocks (transhumance) ⓘ
sheep grazing ⓘ
terrace cultivation ⓘ
heritageType living cultural landscape ⓘ
includesPart Aveyron department areas ⓘ
Cévennes National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gard department areas ⓘ
Grands Causses NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hérault department areas ⓘ
Lozère department areas ⓘ
inscribedBy UNESCO World Heritage Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Massif Central ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
locatedInRegion Occitanie NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLandscapeType Mediterranean mountain landscape ⓘ
limestone plateau ⓘ
managingAuthority French State NERFINISHED ⓘ
local authorities and park administrations ⓘ
partOf UNESCO World Heritage List NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedFor Mediterranean agro-pastoralism ⓘ
long-term interaction between people and environment ⓘ
traditional mountain farming systems ⓘ
transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
timeDepth over 3,000 years of agro-pastoral activity ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1153 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2011 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Parc national des Cévennes → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Mont Lozère → heritageStatus → The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage buffer area (Cévennes, agro-pastoral cultural landscape)
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape ⓘ
Lodève → near → The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: Causses and Cévennes landscapes
Cirque de Navacelles → partOf → The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape ⓘ
this entity surface form: Causses and Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape