Marcenat, Cantal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Commune of Marcenat |
|
| Location | |
  |
|
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Cantal |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Flour |
| Canton | Condat |
| Intercommunality | Cézallier |
| Mayor | Fernand Gaime (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 760 m–1449 m (avg. 1060 m) |
| Land area¹ | 51.47 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
627 |
| - Density | 12/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 15114/ 15190 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
 |
|
Marcenat is a commune in the Cantal département in south-central France, in the Auvergne region.
Contents |
[edit] Government
This is a list of mayors of Marcenat.
| NAME | START | END | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernand Gaime | 2001 | 2008 | |
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Monuments
- Château d'Aubijou belonged to the Castellane family. [1]
- Orthodox monastery[2], [3], [4] russian architecture.
[edit] References
- ^ "My parents owned several estates. One of these was the ancient château of Aubijou in Cantal, an electoral fief which once belonged to Jean II (The Good), and had passed in succession to the Tour d'Auvergnes, the La Rochefoucaulds and the Rohan-Chabots, lasping finally to the Maréchal de Castellane, whose mother was a member of the last-named family". How I discovered America by the Marquis Paul Ernest Boniface. Alfred A Knopf Publishers, 1924, chapter V, page 68 (Paul Ernest Boniface married Anna Gould daughter of financier Jay Gould).
- ^ (French) monastère Znaménié first picture
- ^ (French) monastère Znaménié second picture
- ^ (French) monastère Znaménié third picture
 |
This Cantal geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
