Salers

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Commune of Salers
Location
Longitude 02° 29' 42" E
Latitude 45° 08' 20" N
Administration
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).
France

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.