Florac

Florac is a former French commune, a subprefecture of the Lozère department, in the Occitanie region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Florac. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Florac Trois Rivières.Arrêté préfectoral 2-14 December 2015

The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Floracois (women: Floracoises).

Geography
Florac is in the valley of the Tarnon river, a small river that flows through the Lozère department before joining the Tarn river. The commune is found at the start of the Gorges du Tarn (a canyon formed by the Tarn river).

The city and the Tarnon valley are within the Cévennes National Park but they are not part of the park.

The commune of Florac has an area of  and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

+ Florac and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune of Florac

The commune is surrounded by the communes Quézac, Bédouès, La Salle-Prunet, Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves, Vebron and Montbrun.

The climate in Prades in the Köppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population
With a population of 1,958, its population density is of  inhabitants/km2.

Florac is the third smallest subprefecture of France, after Castellane in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (1,557 inhabitants) and Largentière in the Ardèche department (1,789 inhabitants).

Twinned and partner towns
Prades is twinned with:
  L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
  Arbúcies, Catalonia, Spain

Gallery

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Florac
 Communes of the Lozère department

References

Other websites

 Mairie de Florac website 

Category:Subprefectures in France
Category:Communes in Lozère
Category:Former communes in France