Margeride
Sign in to saveMargeride (; in Auvergnat '''') is a mountainous region of France, situated in the Massif Central, inside the départements'' of Cantal, Haute-Loire and Lozère.
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- Part of
- Gévaudan
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Cantal
- Capital
- Mende
- Elevation
- 1551
- Highest point
- Signal de Randon
- Material used
- granite
- Image
- Mende-panoramique-2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Margeride
- mountain range
- Massif Central
- different from
- Margerides
- native label
- Marjarida
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Margeride (; in Auvergnat '''') is a mountainous region of France, situated in the Massif Central, inside the départements of Cantal, Haute-Loire and Lozère.
== Toponymy == Originally, the name "Margeride" applied only to a seigneury whose castle was ruined in the 15th century and a forest culminating at altitude. Its current name is thought to derive from the Gallic word morgarita, composed of morga meaning "ford, boundary" and -ritu for "ford".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margeride” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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