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Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn vale fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Occitan: Sent Estève de Valfrancesca) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.[3]

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson passed through the village on 2 October 1878, as recounted in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:

I went down beside the Gardon of Mialet, a great glaring watercourse devoid of water, and through St. Etienne de Vallée Française, or Val Francesque, as they used to call it; and towards evening began to ascend the hill of St. Pierre.[4]

The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1905) [1879]. "The Country of the Camisards" . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 192–193  – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Castle, Alan (2007). "Stage 12 – Saint-Germain-de-Calberte to Saint-Jean-du-Gard". The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (2nd ed.). Cicerone. pp. 171–182. ISBN 978-1-85284-511-7.


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