Lozère

Lozère () is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France near the Massif Central. It is named after Mont Lozère.
History.
Lozère was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces. Lozère was formed with part of the old province of Languedoc.
Les Sources and Hautes-Cèvennes were two other names proposed for this department but they were not accepted.
Geography.
Lozère has an area of . It is surrounded by 5 departments belonging to 2 regions:
The Lozère is divided into four natural regions, covering four mountain ranges:
Three important rivers start in the department:
Administration.
The département is managed by the "Departamental Council of Lozère" in Mende. Lozère is part of the region of Occitanie.
Administrative divisions.
There are 2 "arrondissements" (districts), 13 "cantons" and 176 "communes" (municipalities) in Lozère.
The following is a list of the 13 cantons of the Lozère department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Demographics.
The inhabitants of Lozère are known, in French, as "Lozériens" (women: "Lozériennes").
Lozère is the least populated French department. It has a population, in 2014, of 76,360, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The "arrondissement" of Mende, with 63,047 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other arrondissement, Florac, have 13,313 inhabitants.
The only important city is Mende with 11,542 people living there in 2014. The subprefecture, Florac Trois Rivières, has 2,107 inhabitants.
Evolution of the population in Lozère
The cities with more than 2,000 inhabitants in the department are: