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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Massif Central, France
Causses
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Causse Méjean in Massif Central, Cévennes National Park, France
LocationMassif Central, France
Part ofThe Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
CriteriaCultural: (iii)(v)
Reference1153rev
Inscription2011 (35th Session)
Coordinates44°9′N 3°15′E / 44.150°N 3.250°E / 44.150; 3.250
Causses is located in FranceCaussesLocation of Causses in France

The Causses (French pronunciation: [kos]) are a group of limestone plateaux (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river gorges cut through the plateaux, such as the Tarn, Dourbie, Jonte, Lot, Vis, and Aveyron. Causse is an Occitan word meaning "limestone plateau" coming from the latin word calx meaning limestone or chalk.

The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2011, because of the region's extensive and continuous use of Mediterranean pastoral systems and their testimony to the traditional methods of transhumance.

Since at least the Bronze Age, the Causses were used for sheep and cattle droving, and in the Middle Ages, religious orders established in the area, building irrigation and road networks that are still used by farmers today. Characteristics of the region are large farm complexes made out of limestone and long, low stone buildings (often more than 10 meters in length) called les Jasses which are used to house sheep in the winter.

Arranged from the north-west to the south-east, the following plateaus are found:

Many sites on the Causses are included in Natura 2000, notably the Parc Naturel Régional des Grands Causses on the Larzac, causse Méjean, and Causse Noir plateaux.

  • A doline in the causse de Sauveterre, Lozère. A doline in the causse de Sauveterre, Lozère.
  • Beige Limestone from the Causse in Lozère. Beige Limestone from the Causse in Lozère.

References

  1. "The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ Causses and Cévennes (France): No 1153rev (Report). ICOMOS. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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