is a ''
Département '' in southeast
France near the
Massif Central .
The cheese of Lozère was praised in
Pliny's Natural History :
:The kinds of cheese that are most esteemed at Rome, where the various good things of all nations are to be judged of by comparison, are those which come from the provinces of
Nemausus , and more especially the villages there of Lesura and Gabalis; but its excellence is only very short-lived, and it must be eaten while it is fresh.
Lozère was one of the original 83 ''départements'' created during the
French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the
Former Province of
Languedoc .
The
Beast Of Gévaudan was a creature that terrorized the general area of the former province of
Gévaudan , in today's Lozère, in the
Margeride Mountains , in the general timeframe of
1764 to
1767 .
Lozère is part of the current
Languedoc-Roussillon ''région'' and is surrounded by the ''départements'' of
Cantal ,
Haute-Loire ,
Ardèche ,
Gard , and
Aveyron .
The ''département'' has one of the lowest unemployment rates in France.
The inhabitants of the ''département'' are called ''Lozériens''. Lozère is the least populated French ''département''.
Tourist activities include
Caving and a variety of sports, such as
Ski ing and
Kayak ing. Lozère contains a part of the
Cévennes National Park .
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