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The Causses are a group of limestone plateaus (700-1,200 m) in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by ...
The Teddington Cheese description of Bleu des Causses
Bleu des Causses is made in the heart of the stark limestone country known as Les Causses in the Rouergue, France. The area is riddled with limestone caves and ...
Hôtel des Causses Millau Aveyron Gorges du Tarn Restaurant > Hotel
Hôtel restaurant des Causses au cœur des Gorges du Tarn, à Millau en Aveyron. Venez goûter la cuisine et l’hospitalité traditionnelle de l’Aveyron.

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Causses, region of limestone plateaux, called causses (French, chaux, “limestone”), south central France, constituting part of the Lot, Aveyron, Lozère, and Tarn-et-Garonne departments. The plateaux are separated by deeply eroded river valleys. Causses is sparsely populated and is principally a sheep-raising area. The region dates from the Jurassic period, and it has underground streams, stalactite caverns, and sinkholes.