🏔️ The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape – Aigoual Massif
Granite mountain range and UNESCO World Heritage site in southern France
📋 Fast Facts
- Highest peak: Mont Aigoual at 1,567 metres (5,141 feet)
- Location: Southernmost tip of the Cévennes, southern France
- Primary function: Summer pasturing for transhumant flocks
- Habitats: Forests, meadows, rocky outcrops, and peatlands
The Aigoual Massif is a granite mountain range forming part of the Causses and Cévennes UNESCO World Heritage site. Recognised for its role in preserving Mediterranean agro-pastoral practices over centuries, the massif remains an active working landscape where traditional land management shapes both biodiversity and cultural identity. The site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in recognition of its outstanding representation of human interaction with a specific physical environment ...