Editing Lozère (section)

==History==
Lozère was created in 1790 during the [[French Revolution]], when the whole of [[France]] was divided into departments, replacing the old [[Provinces of France|provinces]].<ref name=splaf/> Lozère was formed from part of the old province of [[Languedoc]].

[[Pliny's Natural History]] praised the cheese of Lozère:
:The kinds of cheese that are most esteemed at Rome, where the various good things of all nations are to be judged of by comparison, are those that come from the provinces of [[Nîmes|Nemausus]], and more especially the area<ref group="N">Pliny's term is ''pagus'', a Latin equivalent of ''[[Pays (France)|pays]]''.</ref> there of Lesura and Gabalis (Lozère and Gévaudan); but its excellence is only very short-lived, and it must be eaten while it is fresh.<ref>Pliny, ''Naturalis Historia'' book XI, ch 97:200-202.</ref>

Between 1764 and 1767, the [[Beast of Gévaudan]], a creature believed to be a large wolf or an exotic animal, terrorized the general area in the [[Margeride]] Mountains of the former province of [[Gévaudan]] (nearly identical with the modern Lozère department).