Mont Grand

Coordinates: 44°55′07″N 3°21′59″E / 44.91861°N 3.36639°E / 44.91861; 3.36639
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Mont Grand
Mont Grand is located in France
Mont Grand
Mont Grand
France
Highest point
Elevation1,417 m (4,649 ft)
Coordinates44°55′07″N 3°21′59″E / 44.91861°N 3.36639°E / 44.91861; 3.36639
Geography
LocationLozère, France
Parent rangeMargeride (Massif Central)

Mont Grand is a summit reaching an altitude of 1,417 meters in the French department of Lozère.

Geography[edit]

Location[edit]

Mont Grand is situated in the Margeride within the Massif Central, in the French commune of Saint-Privat-du-Fau.[1]

Geology[edit]

The bedrock consists of granular leptynic gneiss.[2]

History[edit]

The Beast of Gévaudan perpetrated its atrocities against the population of Northern Gévaudan and its outskirts between 1764 and 1767. The majority of the attacks were concentrated between three mountains: Mont Mouchet, Montchauvet, and Mont Grand, which are approximately 15 kilometers apart.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ IGN maps available on Géoportail
  2. ^ Bulletin du Service de la carte géologique de la France (in French). Libr. polytechnique C. Béranger. 1963.
  3. ^ Colin, Serge (1990-01-01). Autour de la bête du Gévaudan (in French). FeniXX réédition numérique. ISBN 978-2-307-09895-9.