The CEvennes proper occupy the central section of a mountainous arc (average height 3,000 ft/910 m), swinging generally NE from the Montagne Noire (NE of Toulouse) to Mont Pilat (SW of Lyons).
Between the CEvennes proper and the Montagne Noire are the Causses : barren limestone plateaus intersected by deep chasms and ravines.
Mont LozEre (5,584 ft/1,702 m) is the highest peak of the CEvennes proper; Mont MEzenc rises to 5,753 ft (1,754 m).
In the Cevennes that corresponds with the 4 departments occupied by the Celts: Aveyron, Gard, Herault and Lozere and last butl not least, the Ardeche.
The Cevennes monasteries were better able to ensure the subsistence of their inhabitants.
1750-1850 the golden age of the Cevennes economy, the roads are arranged and the commerce establishes permanent relations and trade with the plain, the Rhone-valley and the Mediterranean.
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