Loyson
CHARLES. See HYACINTHE, PÈRE.
LOZÈRE (lō-zār'), a department in the S. of France, comprising the arrondissements of Mende, Florac, and Marvejols; area 1,996 square miles; pop. about 125,000; forms the S. E. extremity of the central uplands of France, and embraces the highest peaks of the Cévennes (Pic de Finiels, 5,584 feet); in the mountains the climate is severe, and little grain is produced; chief prod ucts, potatoes, chestnuts, fruits, hemp and flax; cattle and sheep are extensively reared, and silkworms bred. The minerals are silver, lead, and antimony. The department contains some of the grandest scenery of France in the eroded limestone districts of the "Causses." Important prehistoric remains have been found in the caverns. Capital, Mende.