Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon | |
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Part of Cans-et-Cévennes | |
![]() The ruins of the château in Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon | |
Coordinates: 44°18′01″N 3°39′59″E / 44.3003°N 3.6664°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Lozère |
Arrondissement | Florac |
Canton | Le Collet-de-Dèze |
Commune | Cans-et-Cévennes |
Area 1 | 20.72 km2 (8.00 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 94 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 48400 |
Elevation | 580–1,421 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 94 in 2022.[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]