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 .

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:

# Aumont-Aubrac (4801)
# La Canourgue (4802)
# Chirac (4803)
# Le Collet-de-Dèze (4804)
# Florac (4805)
# Grandrieu (4806)
# Langogne (4807)
# Marvejols (4808)
# Mende-1 (4809)
# Mende-2 (4810)
# Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole (4811)
# Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (4812)
# Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez (4813)

## 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**

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The cities with more than 2,000 inhabitants in the department are:

## Gallery

Cévennes - Lozère.jpg|The Cévennes in Lozère.
France Lozère Mont Lozère 2.jpg|Mont Lozère
Cathedrale Mende.jpg|Cathedral of Mende.
Chateau et clocher Florac.JPG|Castle and church of Florac.

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Lozère department
* Communes of the Lozère department

## References
## Other websites
* General Council of Lozère 
* Prefecture website  
* Comité Départemental du Tourisme en Lozère