Florac

Florac lies where the Tarnon meets the upper Tarn, between the limestone plateaux and the Cévennes. Its castle was the seat of one of the baronies of Gévaudan. Rebuilt in 1652 on the site of an older fortress, it later served the royal authorities during the Camisard uprising. At the beginning of the eighteenth century Florac housed the king's dragoons as conflict spread through the Protestant mountain country.