Salers
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For other uses, see Salers (disambiguation).
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Commune of Salers |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Cantal |
| Arrondissement | Mauriac |
| Canton | Salers |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Salers |
| Mayor | Michelle Celarier-Descoeur (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 830 m–1,207 m (avg. 951 m) |
| Land area¹ | 4.85 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
401 |
| - Density | 82/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 15219/ 15140 |
| 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. | |
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Salers (Occitan: Salèrn) is a commune in the Cantal département in south-central 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.
It was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando in the late 1430s, during the final phase of the Hundred Years' War.
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