Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Florac |
Canton: | Le Collet-de-Dèze |
Insee: | 48148 |
Postal Code: | 48330 |
Mayor: | Patrick Valdeyron[1] |
Term: | 2021 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 44.1678°N 3.8425°W |
Elevation M: | 245 |
Elevation Min M: | 194 |
Elevation Max M: | 925 |
Area Km2: | 50.99 |
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃t‿etjɛn vale fʁɑ̃sɛːz/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sent Estève de Valfrancesca) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.[2]
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:
The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following Stevenson's approximate route, runs through the village.[3]