⛰️ The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape – Causse Méjean
Limestone plateau in southern France shaped by millennia of pastoral tradition
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of larger "Causses and the Cévennes" designation)
- Karstic limestone plateau in Occitanie, southern France
- Elevation approximately 700–850 metres
- Shaped by transhumance (seasonal livestock migration) and sheep farming over centuries
The Causse Méjean is a vast karstic limestone plateau in the Occitanie region of southern France, forming a significant component of the UNESCO World Heritage site "The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape." The plateau has been continuously shaped by human pastoral activity, particularly sheep transhumance and agriculture, for over two millennia. Its sparse, windswept landscape and distinctive dry-stone structures represent a living cultural system where ...