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== Toponymy ==
== Toponymy ==
It is known in medieval texts as Monte Calvo, meaning the "bald mountain."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=c3csAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA233&dq=montchauvet+monte+calvo&hl=fr&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=montchauvet%20monte%20calvo&f=false |title=Collection de cartulaires dauphinois |date=1891 |publisher=N. Schevring |language=la}}</ref>
It is known in medieval texts as ''Monte Calvo'', meaning the "bald mountain."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=c3csAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA233&dq=montchauvet+monte+calvo&hl=fr&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=montchauvet%20monte%20calvo&f=false |title=Collection de cartulaires dauphinois |date=1891 |publisher=N. Schevring |language=la}}</ref>


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
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== Village of Montchauvet in the Middle Ages ==
== Village of Montchauvet in the Middle Ages ==
The deserted medieval village of Montchauvet, rediscovered since the first archaeological work in 1965, was inhabited between the 10th and 15th centuries.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00092932|Village médiéval déserté de Montchauvet}}</ref> The village, built on the slope of Montchauvet, is surrounded by terraced fields, indicating the expansion of agricultural land.<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Centre |date=2020-06-27 |title=Le village médiéval de Montchauvet n’a pas révélé tous ses secrets (deuxième partie) |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/saugues-43170/actualites/le-village-medieval-de-montchauvet-na-pas-revele-tous-ses-secrets-deuxieme-partie_13798179/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.lamontagne.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Centre |date=2020-06-26 |title=Le site archéologique du village médiéval n’a pas révélé tous ses secrets (première partie) |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/saugues-43170/actualites/le-site-archeologique-du-village-medieval-na-pas-revele-tous-ses-secrets-premiere-partie_13798175/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.lamontagne.fr}}</ref> It appears to have not survived the [[Little Ice Age]], the [[Black Death|Great Plague]], and the [[Free company|Routiers]] who plundered the strongholds and villages of the Archpriest of Saugues after the [[Treaty of Brétigny]] in 1360. This slope of Montchauvet is also home to two other smaller deserted villages.<ref>{{Citation |last=Mouthon |first=Fabrice |title=«Mais où sont les neiges d’antan?» |date=2017 |work=Le sourire de Prométhée |pages=70–96 |url=https://www.cairn.info/le-sourire-de-promethee--9782707190970-p-70.htm |access-date=2024-05-22 |series=Hors collection Sciences Humaines |place=Paris |publisher=La Découverte |language=fr |isbn=978-2-7071-9097-0}}</ref>
The deserted medieval village of Montchauvet, rediscovered since the first archaeological work in 1965, was inhabited between the 10th and 15th centuries.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00092932|Village médiéval déserté de Montchauvet}}</ref> The village, built on the slope of Montchauvet, is surrounded by terraced fields, indicating the expansion of agricultural land.<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Centre |date=2020-06-27 |title=Le village médiéval de Montchauvet n’a pas révélé tous ses secrets (deuxième partie) |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/saugues-43170/actualites/le-village-medieval-de-montchauvet-na-pas-revele-tous-ses-secrets-deuxieme-partie_13798179/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.lamontagne.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Centre |date=2020-06-26 |title=Le site archéologique du village médiéval n’a pas révélé tous ses secrets (première partie) |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/saugues-43170/actualites/le-site-archeologique-du-village-medieval-na-pas-revele-tous-ses-secrets-premiere-partie_13798175/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.lamontagne.fr}}</ref> It appears to have not survived the [[Little Ice Age]], the [[Black Death|Great Plague]], and the [[Free company|Routiers]] who plundered the strongholds and villages of the Archpriest of Saugues after the [[Treaty of Brétigny]] in 1360. This slope of Montchauvet is also home to two other smaller deserted villages.<ref>{{Citation |last=Mouthon |first=Fabrice |title=«Mais où sont les neiges d’antan ?» |date=2017 |work=Le sourire de Prométhée |pages=70–96 |url=https://www.cairn.info/le-sourire-de-promethee--9782707190970-p-70.htm |access-date=2024-05-22 |series=Hors collection Sciences Humaines |place=Paris |publisher=La Découverte |language=fr |isbn=978-2-7071-9097-0}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:31, 22 May 2024

Montchauvet
Montchauvet is located in France
Montchauvet
Montchauvet
France
Highest point
Elevation1,485 m (4,872 ft)
Coordinates44°55′08″N 3°25′22″E / 44.91889°N 3.42278°E / 44.91889; 3.42278
Geography
LocationHaute-Loire, France
Parent rangeMargeride (Massif Central)

Montchauvet, also known as Mont Chauvet, is a mountain located in the Margeride massif, reaching an altitude of 1,485 meters in the Haute-Loire department. This mountain is notable for having been inhabited since the Neolithic era and during the Middle Ages.

Toponymy

It is known in medieval texts as Monte Calvo, meaning the "bald mountain."[1]

Geography

Location

It is located in the commune of Saugues, with its southern slope extending into the commune of Grèzes, in the Haute-Loire department.[2]

Biodiversity

Encircled by a beech forest, the mountain features heathland with ling heather, blueberries, and raspberries in the summer.[3]

Montchauvet is one of the Natura 2000 sites known as "Sommets et versants orientaux de la Margeride."[3]

Village of Montchauvet in the Middle Ages

The deserted medieval village of Montchauvet, rediscovered since the first archaeological work in 1965, was inhabited between the 10th and 15th centuries.[4] The village, built on the slope of Montchauvet, is surrounded by terraced fields, indicating the expansion of agricultural land.[5][6] It appears to have not survived the Little Ice Age, the Great Plague, and the Routiers who plundered the strongholds and villages of the Archpriest of Saugues after the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360. This slope of Montchauvet is also home to two other smaller deserted villages.[7]

References

  1. ^ Collection de cartulaires dauphinois (in Latin). N. Schevring. 1891.
  2. ^ IGN maps available on Géoportail
  3. ^ a b "FR8301079 - Sommets et versants orientaux de la Margeride" (pdf).
  4. ^ Base Mérimée: Village médiéval déserté de Montchauvet, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  5. ^ France, Centre (2020-06-27). "Le village médiéval de Montchauvet n'a pas révélé tous ses secrets (deuxième partie)". www.lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  6. ^ France, Centre (2020-06-26). "Le site archéologique du village médiéval n'a pas révélé tous ses secrets (première partie)". www.lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  7. ^ Mouthon, Fabrice (2017), "«Mais où sont les neiges d'antan ?»", Le sourire de Prométhée, Hors collection Sciences Humaines (in French), Paris: La Découverte, pp. 70–96, ISBN 978-2-7071-9097-0, retrieved 2024-05-22
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