| Cévennes National Park | |
| Alt Name: | Parc national des Cévennes |
| Iucn Category: | V |
| Map: | France#France Occitanie |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Lozère, Gard, Ardèche and Aveyron, France |
| Nearest City: | Florac |
| Coordinates: | 44.1939°N 3.5814°W |
| Area Km2: | 937 |
| Established: | 2 September 1970 |
| Governing Body: | Parcs nationaux de France |
| Url: | http://www.cevennes-parcnational.fr/ |
| Whs: | The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape |
| Criteria: | Cultural: iii, v |
| Id: | 1153 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Area: | 302,319 ha |
| Buffer Zone: | 312,425 ha |
Cévennes National Park (French: Parc national des Cévennes) is a French national park located in Southern France, in the mountainous area of Cévennes.
Created in 1970, the park has its administrative seat in Florac at Florac Castle. It is located mainly in the departments of Lozère and Gard; it also covers some parts of Ardèche and Aveyron, therefore stretching across a record number of departments for a national park. The Aven Armand cave is located in the park. In 2011, the Park was made a part of The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]
frameless|Map of the Cévennes National Park, showing in red the central protected zone and, in green, the area encompassed by the park.|400px
The park includes several mountains and plateaus, including: Mont Lozère, Mont Aigoual, Causse Méjean, France. Mont Lozère is the highest peak in the area, reaching 1,699 metres.
The Cévennes country is rich of history, with a strong cultural identity, being at the heart of Camisard revolt, which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (the Edict of Fontainebleau), after which Protestants were actively prosecuted.[2] Numerous testimonies of Camisard war in the Cévennes abund in towns and villages of the Cévennes National Park. A permanent exhibition devoted to the memory of Camisards has been elaborated at the old temple of Le Rouve (commune of Saint-André-de-Lancize).[3]