Mont Mézenc
The two summits of Mont Mézenc : the northern summit to the left and the southern summit to the right.
Highest point
Elevation	1,753 m (5,751 ft)[1]
Prominence	793 m (2,602 ft)[1]
Coordinates	44°54′40″N 4°11′27″E / 44.91111°N 4.19083°E / 44.91111; 4.19083
Geography
Mont Mézenc France
Location	Ardèche and Haute-Loire departments, France
Parent range	Massif Central
Climbing
Easiest route	from Les Estables

Mont Mézenc is a French mountain in the Massif du Mézenc, part of the Massif Central in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is on the border of the Ardèche and Haute-Loire departments and is the highest mountain of both departments.

The mountain is in the "Natural regional park of the Mountains of Ardèche" (French: Parc naturel régional des Monts d'Ardèche).

Mont Mézenc is the highest mountain of the eastern border of the Massif Central.^[2] It is formed by two summits that are separated for a distance of about 0.5 km (0.3 mi):

1. The southern summit is the highest with an altitude of 1,753 m (5,751 ft); it is in the commune of Borée, Ardèche department, and is the highest point in this department.
2. The northern summit has an altitude of 1,744 m (5,722 ft), where the communes La Rochette (Ardèche), Chaudeyrolles (Haute-Loire) and Les Estables (Haute-Loire) meet. It is the highest point of the Haute-Loire department. There is an iron cross on top of this summit; it was put there by French prisoners when they returned from Germany.

The Mont Mézenc has a volcanic origin; it is a dome of phonolite, a kind volcanic rock.^[3] The mountain is covered by grasslands and heaths.

• 
  Mont Mézenc in winter.
• 
  Massif du Mézenc in the Massif Central.
• 
  The cross on the summit.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont Mézenc.

• Un matin sur le mont chauve des Cévennes (in French)