Causses and Cévennes
Also known as The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape, Les Causses et les Cévennes
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (v).
Region
Europe and North America
France
Inscribed
2011
Area
302,319 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Causses and Cévennes is about 75 km north-west of Montpellier. The nearest other World Heritage site is Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, about 75 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Montpellier · about 327,000 peopleabout 75 km south-east
- Nîmes · about 170,000 peopleabout 80 km south-east
- Béziers · about 81,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Saint-Étienne · about 266,000 peopleabout 150 km north-east
- Toulouse · about 847,000 peopleabout 180 km west
- Perpignan · about 147,000 peopleabout 180 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
FranceCultural77 km away
FranceCultural82 km away
FranceCultural90 km away
FranceCultural107 km away
FranceCultural111 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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