Salers
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Commune of Salers | |
Location | |
Longitude | 02° 29' 42" E |
Latitude | 45° 08' 20" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne |
Department | Cantal |
Arrondissement | Mauriac |
Canton | Salers (chief town) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Salers |
Mayor | Michelle Celarier-Descoeur (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 830 m–1,207 m (avg. 951 m) |
Land area¹ | 4.85 km² |
Population² (1999) |
401 |
- Density (1999) | 82/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 15219/ 15140 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Salers is a commune of the Cantal département, in France.
It is famous for the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) cheeses Cantal and Salers. It is also famous for the Salers breed of cattle that originated in this commune.