Come and visit this village where history and tradition have allowed this site to be rich in discovery and authenticity.
Description
Saint Etienne de Lugdarès is located in France, in the Ardèche department, upper Vivarais region, upper Allier basin, on the road to Tanargue, in the Masméjean valley, an altitude river (1033 m) , with lively and oxygenated waters.
Chief town of canton, it acts there of the principal commune of the canton.
Its area is 4 ha. Its rise is recent and linked to the decline of Borne.
Its XNUMXth century church is nicknamed Cathedral of the Mountain and houses the High Altar of the former Chambons Abbey.
Traces of the village can be found in a few historical collections… the so-called Beast of Gévaudan made its first victim there: Jeanne Boulet in 1764.
On a secular register, “Papillon” (Henri Charrière) was born here.
There is also the hamlet of Hubacs, a small village in the enclosed valley on the northern slope (Ubac).
Cathedral of the mountain: church of Gothic origin, recomposed, in granite and volcanic stones of different colors, whose high altar comes from the abbey of Chambons de Borne. Bichrome walls, origin dating back to 1302.
The three granite stones at the top of the Prasoncoupe-les-Ubas volcano
Wind turbines electricity production (EDF)
Access to The Regordane Way
Birthplace of the writer Henri Charrière dit Papillon.
Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, cardinal, bishop of Rodez (1827, 1896 Rodez).
It was on June 30, 1764 that Jeanne Boulet, from the village of Les Hubacs, became the first victim of La Bête du Gévaudan.
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The first official victim of the Beast was Jeanne Boulet, a young girl aged fourteen, killed on June 30, 1764, in the village of Hubacs in the parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès.
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