Gévaudan [SEP] dissolved or abolished
kept its own States General until 1789. During the same period, Gévaudan was a crossroads of pilgrimage trails.
History Modern period.
In the beginning of the 16th century Gévaudan was extremely wealthy, but the religious wars ruined the country. The Huguenots settled in the city around 1550.
The area was victim to a series of vicious attacks of people in the 18th century by an unidentified beast or series of beasts.
Gévaudan ceased to exist after the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The department of Lozère
proclaimed on 4 Sep 1871, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33 Vict No.8.) and abolished on 26 Sep 1881.
The Browns River Road District was proclaimed on 26 Sep 1881, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33 Vict No.8.) and was abolished on 16 Nov 1885.
The Sandy Bay Road District was proclaimed on 16 Nov 1885, under the Roads Act 1870 (48 Vict No.28.).
The Browns River Road District proclaimed on 23 Jul 1897, and