Florac Trois Rivières

Florac Trois Rivières is a French commune, a subprefecture of the Lozère department, in the Occitanie region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Florac.

The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 when the former communes of Florac and La Salle-Prunet were combined to form the new commune.

Geography
Florac Trois Rivières 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 Trois Rivières has an area of  and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

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

The commune is surrounded by the communes Quézac, Bédouès-Cocurès, Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère, Cans et Cévennes, Vebron and Montbrun.

The climate in Florac Trois Rivières in the Köppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population
, Florac Trois Rivières had 2,107 inhabitants for a density of  persons/km2.

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

Twinned and partner towns
Florac Trois Rivières 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 Trois Rivières website 

Category:2016 establishments in France
Category:Subprefectures in France
Category:Communes in Lozère