Mont Grand

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

Location

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

Geology

The bedrock consists of granular leptynic gneiss.[2]

History

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

  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.


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