Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon
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.
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References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 2–14 December 2015
- ^ Castle, Alan (2007). The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 129–127. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.
- ^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. – via Wikisource.
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