Gabali

Javols () is a former commune in the Lozère department in southern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Peyre-en-Aubrac. Its population was 332 in 2022.

commune in Lozère, France

The Gabali (Gaulish: *Gabli) were a small Gallic tribe living in the mountainous Gévaudan region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Clients of the powerful Arverni, they took part in the Gallic uprising against Rome in 52 BC under Vercingetorix. Under Roman rule they formed a distinct civitas, probably created under Augustus to limit Arvernian territorial dominance, with its chief town at Anderitum (modern Javols) Their economy relied primarily on pastoralism, forestry, mining and craft production linked to regional trade networks.