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December 30, 2007
Valleraugue 300339 30570
Gard Languedoc-Roussillon
44.083 3.633 436 m

Temple of the village of Espérou, XXe century.

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The temple was built of 1901 to 1905 in the village of Espérou, commune of Valleraugue.

Espérou is a village located on a plate of the solid mass of Aigoual at 1200 m of altitude, administratively shared between the communes of Dourbies and Valleraugue.
Created by serfs freed by their lord, it accomodated a settlement come from Aubrac after the wars of religion.
There was a medieval abbey, Notre-Dame du Bonheur, Our-injury of Happiness, ruined with the revolution.

On line from Espérou

Around Espérou, one discovers the Cevennes, his landscapes very varied and wild, immense forests, the moors, the steppes, the deserted tracks, the brooks, the water falls, the canyons, the swallow-holes and caves, causses (plateau), a vegetation and a typical fauna. One discovers there also people and their habitat, of the disseminated firm hamlets and, architectures which merge with the rocks.
High place of the history of the camisards and men of the maquis, this area inspired by many Cevennes writers such Andre Chamson, Jean-Pierre Chabrol or Jean Carrière.
It is a captivating country which one cannot escape from the charm.

Valleraugue is a common Frenchwoman located in the department of the Gard of the Languedoc-Roussillon area, populated of 1009 "Valleraugois", distributed on 79 km², that is to say 12 hab./km².

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