What is Mende, Lozère?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Mende |commune status = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |flag legend = |image coat of arms = Blason Mende.svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Mende-cathedrale-1.JPG |caption = Aerial view of Mende, with the [[cathedral]]. |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|44.5194|3.5014|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Mende |canton = Mende-1<br />Mende-2 |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Communauté de communes Cœur de Lozère |mayor = Laurent Suau<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mende.fr/36-laurent-suau.html |title=Élus - Laurent Suau |publisher=Ville de Mende |language=French |accessdate=21 February 2017 |date= }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 964 |elevation min m = 691 |elevation max m = 1236 |area km2 = 36.56 |population demonym = Mendois |population = 11542 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 48095 |postal code = 48000 |website = [http://www.mende.fr/ www.mende.fr] }} '''Mende''' is a ''[[commune]]'' and [[prefecture]] of the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Lozère]], part of the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]]. It is also the [[Capital city|capital]] of the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Mende|Mende]]. The inhabitants of this city are known, in [[French language|French]], as ''Mendois'' (women: ''Mendoises'