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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Cantal</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_Cantal" title="Département Cantal – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Département Cantal" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="كنتال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كنتال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(departamento)" title="Cantal (departamento) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cantal (departamento)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant%C3%A2l_(d%C3%A8partament)" title="Chantâl (dèpartament) – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Chantâl (dèpartament)" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantal" title="Kantal – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kantal" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Канталь (дэпартамент) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Канталь (дэпартамент)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_(%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Кантал (департамент) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кантал (департамент)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(departamant)" title="Cantal (departamant) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Cantal (departamant)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_Cantal" title="Département Cantal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Département Cantal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantali_departemang" title="Cantali departemang – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Cantali departemang" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB_(%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82)" title="Καντάλ (νομός) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καντάλ (νομός)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="کانتال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کانتال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Cantal (département) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cantal (département)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal-s%C3%A9n" title="Cantal-sén – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Cantal-sén" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%89%ED%83%88%EC%A3%BC" title="캉탈주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캉탈주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC_(%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BC)" title="Կանտալ (գավառ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կանտալ (գավառ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_Cantal" title="Département Cantal – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Département Cantal" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="კანტალი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კანტალი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(kizunga)" title="Cantal (kizunga) – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Cantal (kizunga)" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mons_Cantalinus" title="Mons Cantalinus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mons Cantalinus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant%C4%81la" title="Kantāla – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kantāla" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement_Cantal" title="Departement Cantal – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Departement Cantal" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantalis_(departamentas)" title="Kantalis (departamentas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kantalis (departamentas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(dipartiment)" title="Cantal (dipartiment) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Cantal (dipartiment)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Кантал – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кантал" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B2" title="कांतॅल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कांतॅल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(departement)" title="Cantal (departement) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cantal (departement)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E7%9C%8C" title="カンタル県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カンタル県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(Department)" title="Cantal (Department) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Cantal (Department)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departament_de_Cantal" title="Departament de Cantal – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Departament de Cantal" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%A7%D9%84" title="ضلع کنٹال – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع کنٹال" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartiment_d%C3%ABl_Cantal" title="Dipartiment dël Cantal – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Dipartiment dël Cantal" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(departament)" title="Cantal (departament) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cantal (departament)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Кантал – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Кантал" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal_(departementti)" title="Cantal (departementti) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Cantal (departementti)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5" title="จังหวัดก็องตาล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดก็องตาล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Департаменти Кантал – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Департаменти Кантал" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Канталь – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Канталь" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="کانتال – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کانتال" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Cantal" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B7%E5%A1%94%E5%B0%94%E7%9C%81" title="康塔尔省 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="康塔尔省" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B7%E5%A1%94%E7%88%BE" title="康塔爾 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="康塔爾" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantal" title="Kantal – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Kantal" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%B7%E5%A1%94%E7%88%BE%E7%9C%81" title="康塔爾省 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="康塔爾省" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> 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of Cantal in France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Cantal-Position.svg/250px-Cantal-Position.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Cantal-Position.svg/500px-Cantal-Position.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="553" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Cantal in France</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cantal&params=45_2_N_3_6_E_region:FR_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">45°2′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°6′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">45.033°N 3.100°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">45.033; 3.100</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">France</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subprefectures_in_France" title="Subprefectures in France">Subprefectures</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Mauriac,_Cantal" title="Mauriac, Cantal">Mauriac</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Saint-Flour,_Cantal" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Flour, Cantal">Saint-Flour</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_departmental_councils_(France)" title="List of presidents of departmental councils (France)">President of the Departmental Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bruno Faure<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">LR</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_area"><a href="#endnote_area">1</a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,726 km<sup>2</sup> (2,211 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-popref2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popref2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">144,399</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_French_departments_by_population" title="List of French departments by population">98th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">25/km<sup>2</sup> (65/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">Department number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">Arrondissements</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Arrondissements of the Cantal department">3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantons in France">Cantons</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Cantons of the Cantal department">15</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communes_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Communes in France">Communes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Communes of the Cantal department">246</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_area"><b><a href="#ref_area">^1</a></b></span> French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km<sup>2</sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cantal</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[kɑ̃tal]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/a\/ae\/Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg\/Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg/Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg" title="File:Fr-Paris--Cantal.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; <a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan</a>: <i lang="oc">Cantal</i> or <span title="Occitan (post 1500)-language text"><i lang="oc">Cantau</i></span>) is a rural <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">department</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a> <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">region</a> of France, with its <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">prefecture</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a>. Its other principal towns are <a href="/wiki/Saint-Flour,_Cantal" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Flour, Cantal">Saint-Flour</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">episcopal see</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Mauriac,_Cantal" title="Mauriac, Cantal">Mauriac</a>; its residents are known as Cantalians (French: <i lang="fr">Cantaliens / Cantaliennes</i> or <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Cantalous / Cantaloues</i></span></i>). Cantal borders the departments of <a href="/wiki/Puy-de-D%C3%B4me" title="Puy-de-Dôme">Puy-de-Dôme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haute-Loire" title="Haute-Loire">Haute-Loire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aveyron" title="Aveyron">Aveyron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lot_(department)" title="Lot (department)">Lot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loz%C3%A8re" title="Lozère">Lozère</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corr%C3%A8ze" title="Corrèze">Corrèze</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Massif_Central" title="Massif Central">Massif Central</a> natural region. </p><p>Along with neighbouring Lozère and <a href="/wiki/Creuse" title="Creuse">Creuse</a>, Cantal is among the most sparsely populated and geographically isolated departments of France and Aurillac is the departmental capital farthest removed from a major motorway. It had a population of 144,692 in 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-pop2019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the country's 98th most populated department. Of the 96 metropolitan departments, it is the fifth least populated. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The department is named for the <a href="/wiki/Plomb_du_Cantal" title="Plomb du Cantal">Plomb du Cantal</a>, the central peak of the bare and rugged <a href="/wiki/Mounts_of_Cantal" title="Mounts of Cantal">mounts of Cantal</a> (French: <i>Monts du Cantal</i>) mountain chain which traverses the area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Arrondissements of the Cantal department">Arrondissements of Cantal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Cantons of the Cantal department">Cantons of Cantal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Communes of the Cantal department">Communes of Cantal</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg/250px-Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg/330px-Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg/500px-Dordogne-pres-du-pont-de-Chambon-DSC_0403.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5850" data-file-height="3749" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Dordogne_(river)" title="Dordogne (river)">Dordogne</a> river in Cantal</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG/220px-Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG/330px-Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG/440px-Fonds_de_vall%C3%A9e_de_l%27Impradine_br%C3%A8che_de_Roland_et_Puy_Mary_dpt_Cantal_DSC2-621.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4926" data-file-height="2195" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pas_de_Peyrol" title="Pas de Peyrol">Pas de Peyrol</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Cantal lies in the middle of France's central plateau.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cantal range is a group of extinct and eroded volcanic peaks. Its highest point is the <a href="/wiki/Plomb_du_Cantal" title="Plomb du Cantal">Plomb du Cantal</a>, which reaches an elevation of 1,858 meters (6,096 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its neighbors are <a href="/wiki/Puy_Mary" title="Puy Mary">Puy Mary</a> (elev. 1,787 meters or 5,863 feet) and <a href="/wiki/Puy_Chavaroche" title="Puy Chavaroche">Puy Chavaroche</a> (elev. 5,722 feet or 1,744 meters). To their north lie the <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Cézallier</i></span></i> and <a href="/wiki/Monts_Dore" title="Monts Dore">Dore</a> ranges and the arid Artense Plateau. Immediately to their east is the fertile Planèze Plateau, bound on its east by the <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Monts de la Margeride</i></span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The principal rivers are the <a href="/wiki/Alagnon" title="Alagnon">Alagnon</a>, which is a tributary to the <a href="/wiki/Allier_(river)" title="Allier (river)">Allier</a>; the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Celle_(river)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Celle (river) (page does not exist)">Celle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Truy%C3%A8re" title="Truyère">Truyère</a>, tributary to the <a href="/wiki/Lot_(river)" title="Lot (river)">Lot</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A8re" title="Cère">Cère</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhue_(river)" title="Rhue (river)">Rhue</a>, tributary to the <a href="/wiki/Dordogne_(river)" title="Dordogne (river)">Dordogne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At an elevation of 250 meters (820 ft) above sea level, the low point of the province lies in the <a href="/wiki/Lot_(river)" title="Lot (river)">Lot valley</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Truyère valley skirts the Planèze on the south and divides it from the <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Monts d'Aubrac</i></span></i>, whose foothills include the thermal springs of <a href="/wiki/Chaudes-Aigues" title="Chaudes-Aigues">Chaudes-Aigues</a>. The western area of the department consists of grassy plateaus and river valleys.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At first, Cantal was divided into four <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Cantal" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrondissements of Cantal">arrondissements</a>—<a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Aurillac" title="Arrondissement of Aurillac">Aurillac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Mauriac" title="Arrondissement of Mauriac">Mauriac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Saint-Flour" title="Arrondissement of Saint-Flour">Saint-Flour</a> and Murat (later merged with Saint-Flour).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate of the department varies considerably.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prevailing winds and mountain ranges divide Cantal into four climatic zones: </p> <ul><li>The west is subject to oceanic winds which bring rains.</li> <li>The Cantal and the Cézallier mountains create a rain shadow: it rains and snows quite often.</li> <li>The Planèze of Saint-Flour and the region of Massiac receive less precipitation, owing to winds coming from the north and south.</li> <li>The plateaus of the Margeride and the Aubrac have harsh winters and pleasant summers.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PuyGriou.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PuyGriou.JPG/220px-PuyGriou.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PuyGriou.JPG/330px-PuyGriou.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/PuyGriou.JPG/440px-PuyGriou.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="883" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Puy_Griou" title="Puy Griou">Puy Griou</a> in the winter season</figcaption></figure> <p>Generally, the weather is mild and dry in the <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_plain" title="Alluvial plain">alluvial plain</a> between <a href="/wiki/Murat,_Cantal" title="Murat, Cantal">Murat</a> and Saint-Flour and around Aurillac, while summer storms and winters can be long and severe in the northern and central areas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The west—nearer precipitation coming in from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a>—is well watered.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There is abundant snowfall which can remain up to six months on the mountaintops. Winter temperatures can fall to below −15 °C (5 °F), whereas in summer 25 °C (77 °F) is often reached. The southern part of the department, on its borders with <a href="/wiki/Aveyron" title="Aveyron">Aveyron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lot_(department)" title="Lot (department)">Lot</a>, is the hottest region. Aurillac averaged 2080 hours of sunlight per year over the period from 1991 to 2000. Fog is rare and disappears quickly. Wind is usually not very strong, but the lightning flashes in this department are among the most spectacular in France. </p><p>Televised French weather forecasts often note Aurillac as the coldest city in France in the mornings. This status should be understood in light of their derivation from temperature readings by <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France" title="Météo-France">Météo-France</a></i></span>. Of the 30 cities included on its maps, Aurillac is by far the one with the highest altitude, at 640 m (2,100 ft) above sea level. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal_towns">Principal towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Principal towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most populous commune is <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a>, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 3,000 inhabitants:<sup id="cite_ref-pop2019_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Commune </th> <th>Population (2019) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">25,593 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Flour" title="Saint-Flour">Saint-Flour</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">6,458 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arpajon-sur-C%C3%A8re" title="Arpajon-sur-Cère">Arpajon-sur-Cère</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">6,279 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ytrac" title="Ytrac">Ytrac</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">4,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mauriac,_Cantal" title="Mauriac, Cantal">Mauriac</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">3,498 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area of Cantal was historically part of the <a href="/wiki/Haute-Auvergne" class="mw-redirect" title="Haute-Auvergne">Haute-Auvergne</a> (<i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Haute-Auvergne</i></span></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cantal is one of the original 83 departments created during the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> on 4 March 1790.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, it comprised parts of the XIII. Army Corps military region and the <a href="/wiki/Clermont-Ferrand" title="Clermont-Ferrand">Clermont-Ferrand</a> educational division (<i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">académie</i></span></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diocese_of_Cantal">Diocese of Cantal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Diocese of Cantal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 1790 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Civile_du_Clerg%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution Civile du Clergé">Constitution Civile du Clergé</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Saint-Flour" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Saint-Flour">Diocese of Saint-Flour</a> in Cantal (whose bishop refused to swear the oath required by the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Constitution_of_the_Clergy" title="Civil Constitution of the Clergy">Civil Constitution of the Clergy</a>, constituting a <a href="/wiki/Schism_from_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Schism from Rome">schism from Rome</a>) was among the almost half of the French sees being abolished to realign the new bishoprics to coincide with the new departments, such as Cantal, where outsider parish priest Anne-Alexandre-Marie Thibault was elected Bishop. It was formally abolished in turn after the Napoleonic <a href="/wiki/Concordat_of_1801" title="Concordat of 1801">Concordat of 1801</a> (Thibault refusing to resign), in favor of the reinstated bishopric of Saint Poul, but actually retained the departemental borders. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg/250px-Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg/330px-Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg/500px-Aubrac_Cows_on_the_Plomb_du_Cantal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="892" data-file-height="545" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aubrac_cattle" title="Aubrac cattle">Aubrac cattle</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Plomb_du_Cantal" title="Plomb du Cantal">Plomb du Cantal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The climate being generally too cool and damp for grain, much of Cantal is given over to <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">pasture</a> for <a href="/wiki/Aubrac_cattle" title="Aubrac cattle">Aubrac</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salers_(cattle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salers (cattle)">Salers</a> cattle, sheep, and, formerly, horses. This in turn supports a dairy industry responsible for butter and Roquefort cheese<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Appellation_d%27Origine_Contr%C3%B4l%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée">appellation-controlled</a> cheeses <a href="/wiki/Cantal_cheese" title="Cantal cheese">Cantal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salers_cheese" title="Salers cheese">Salers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bleu_d%27Auvergne" title="Bleu d'Auvergne">Bleu d'Auvergne</a>. Cantal is the French department with the greatest number of appellation-controlled cheeses,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although proper Roquefort is now restricted to cheese produced in the <a href="/wiki/Aveyron" title="Aveyron">Aveyron</a> department. The region's mineral products include coal, copper, lead, iron, <a href="/wiki/Antimony" title="Antimony">antimony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slate" title="Slate">slate</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Lime_(material)" title="Lime (material)">lime</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the department's isolation and poor infrastructure long precluded their exploitation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, the primary exports were livestock, cheese, butter, and coal and the main imports were coal, wine, grain, flour, and pottery. By then, it had been connected to both the <a href="/wiki/Orleans_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Orleans Railway">Orleans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway (France)">Midi</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_France" title="History of rail transport in France">railways</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionally, many Cantalians roamed France during the year plying humble trades<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but now the area's relative lack of industry and development permits tourism. An area has been set aside as the Auvergne Volcanos Regional Park (<i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Parc Regional des Volcans d’Auvergne</i></span></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan language</a> was historically spoken in Cantal. </p><p>The official population count for 2019 was 144,692.<sup id="cite_ref-pop2019_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It peaked at 262,117 in 1836, and has been below 200,000 since the First World War. Like many of the country's rural departments, Cantal experienced a marked decrease in population throughout the twentieth century as agricultural wages failed to keep pace with those available in the industrialising regions. The department falls within the band of low-density population known as the <a href="/wiki/Empty_diagonal" title="Empty diagonal">empty diagonal</a>. </p><p> Population development since 1791:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style></p><table class="table-pale" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:middle;clear:middle;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1791</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">239,972</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1801</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">220,304</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.85%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1806</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">251,436</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1821</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">252,100</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1831</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">258,594</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.25%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1841</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">257,423</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.05%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">253,329</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.16%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">240,523</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.52%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1872</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">231,867</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.33%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">236,190</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">239,601</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.14%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">230,511</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.39%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">223,361</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.31%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">199,402</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.13%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">193,505</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.30%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">190,888</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">186,843</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1954</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">177,065</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.67%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1962</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">172,977</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.29%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1968</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">169,330</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.35%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">166,549</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.24%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1982</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">162,838</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.32%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">158,723</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.32%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1999</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">150,778</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">148,162</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.16%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2016</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">145,969</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.25%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2019</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">144,692</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.29%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000)"><div class="center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki 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Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on <a class="external text" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/charts/">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Chart" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Chart">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg/220px-Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg/330px-Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg/440px-Aurillac-pr%C3%A9fecture-du-Cantal-DSC3-324.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4076" data-file-height="2953" /></a><figcaption><i>Hôtel de préfecture du Cantal</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The department counts several remarkable buildings. Among them, the Romanesque religious buildings like the churches of <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9ger_de_Cheylade_Church" title="Saint-Léger de Cheylade Church">Cheylade</a> (eleventh century), Dieno or Massiac.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The area's <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> cathedral—dependent on the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Bourges" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Bourges">archdiocese of Bourges</a>—is the 15th-century St Pierre de St-Flour,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> erected in the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic style</a>. </p> <ul><li>Castle of Val in <a href="/wiki/Lanobre" title="Lanobre">Lanobre</a> (36,500 visitors/year)</li> <li>Castle of Anjony in <a href="/wiki/Tournemire,_Cantal" title="Tournemire, Cantal">Tournemire</a> (20,000 visitors/year)</li> <li>Castle of Pesteils in <a href="/wiki/Polminhac" title="Polminhac">Polminhac</a> (11,700 visitors/year)</li> <li>Castle de la Vigne in Ally (6,000 visitors/year)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Clavi%C3%A8res" title="Château de Clavières">Castle of Clavières</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ayrens" title="Ayrens">Ayrens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_of_Carbonat" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle of Carbonat">Castle of Carbonat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arpajon-sur-C%C3%A8re" title="Arpajon-sur-Cère">Arpajon-sur-Cère</a></li> <li>Chateau de Conros, near Aurillac</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>International Festival of Street Theatre, <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a>.</li> <li>World Music Festival, Murat</li> <li>36 hours : Various little scenes with dances</li> <li>Festival International de Boogie Woogie, Laroquebrou</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art">Art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The characteristic folk dance in Cantal is <i>La Bourrée</i>. In the countryside it would be danced in folk costumes with accompaniment by accordion. The dance form was long ago adapted for use in courtly music and features prominently in the <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> <a href="/wiki/Suite_de_danses" class="mw-redirect" title="Suite de danses">dance suites</a> of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. </p><p>Prominent museums in Cantal include: </p> <ul><li>Museum of Art and Arqueologia, <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a> (34,100 visitors/year)</li> <li>The House of Fauna, <a href="/wiki/Murat,_Cantal" title="Murat, Cantal">Murat</a> (23,500 visitors/year)</li> <li>Museum of the Géothermia, <a href="/wiki/Chaudes-Aigues" title="Chaudes-Aigues">Chaudes-Aigues</a> (20,600 visitors/year)</li> <li>Museum of the Volcanos, <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a> (20,100 visitors/year)</li> <li>Museum of the ray, <a href="/wiki/Marcenat,_Cantal" title="Marcenat, Cantal">Marcenat</a> (11,500 visitors/year)</li> <li>Museum of the "Haute Auvergne", <a href="/wiki/Saint-Flour,_Cantal" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Flour, Cantal">Saint-Flour</a> (11,100 visitors/year)</li> <li>The House of the Chestnut <a href="/wiki/Mourjou" title="Mourjou">Mourjou</a> (5,200 visitors/year)</li> <li>Museum of Georges Pompidou, Montboudif (3,500 visitors/year)</li> <li>Museum of the Accordion in <a href="/wiki/Siran,_Cantal" title="Siran, Cantal">Siran</a></li> <li>Museum of Agriculture in Auvernia, <a href="/wiki/Coltines" title="Coltines">Coltines</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/French_cuisine" title="French cuisine">French cuisine</a></div> <p>The traditional articles of Cantalian cuisine were rye, buckwheat, and chestnuts,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as ham, cheese, and vegetables. The area's simple recipes were designed to satisfy hill farmers and herders. Notable dishes include:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aligot" title="Aligot">Aligot</a> (also in <a href="/wiki/Aveyron" title="Aveyron">Aveyron</a>): Creamed potatoes, cheese (fresh <a href="/wiki/Tomme" title="Tomme">tomme</a>), butter, fresh cream and a little garlic.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truffade" title="Truffade">Truffade</a>: Potatoes in slices with cheese (fresh tomme) and a little garlic.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pounti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pounti (page does not exist)">Pounti</a>: A cake made with dough of wheat black flour, herbs, lard, prunes and Swiss chard.</li> <li>The typical cheese <i><a href="/wiki/Cantal_cheese" title="Cantal cheese">Cantal</a></i>, which can be chosen young, old or "entre-deux".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outdoor_activities">Outdoor activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Outdoor activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 19th century, the hills and valleys abounded with game and the streams with fish, the countryside producing a "vast variety" of aromatic and medicinal plants.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At present, the most visited places are <a href="/wiki/Puy_Mary" title="Puy Mary">Puy Mary</a>, the Plomb du Cantal, the village of <a href="/wiki/Salers" title="Salers">Salers</a>, and the gorges of the Truyère (with the <a href="/wiki/Garabit_viaduct" title="Garabit viaduct">Garabit viaduct</a>, the castle of <a href="/wiki/Alleuze" title="Alleuze">Alleuze</a>, and the towns of <a href="/wiki/Boisset,_Cantal" title="Boisset, Cantal">Boisset</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierrefort" title="Pierrefort">Pierrefort</a>). The <i>Parc Naturel des Volcans d’Auvergne</i> features several inactive volcanoes. Cantal also has numerous castles. Puy Mary can be accessed by car easily. and is accessible to hikers. It is also possible to hike to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Puy_de_Peyre-Arse" title="Puy de Peyre-Arse">Puy de Peyre-Arse</a> (1806 m). <a href="/wiki/Le_Lioran" title="Le Lioran">Le Lioran</a> or Super-Lioran are the best places to start the hike. <a href="/wiki/Le_Lioran" title="Le Lioran">Le Lioran</a> is accessible by rail or bus and Super-Lioran is just a kilometre away from <a href="/wiki/Le_Lioran" title="Le Lioran">Le Lioran</a>. From Super-Lioran it is also possible to hike to Plomb du Cantal. There is also an option of taking the cable car to Plomb du Cantal from Super-Lioran. Super-Lioran tourist office has various hike routes in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also various adventure courses, dirt bikes, summer luges etc. that run in Super-Lioran. </p><p>Among the various activities offered in this department, the "Massif Cantalien" can be discovered through walking, horseback riding or mountain biking excursions (tracks are especially designed for this). Aquatic sports are also common, due to numerous lakes. The department also offers activities such as mountaineering, canoeing and fishing. The landscape also allows the practice of free flight: <a href="/wiki/Base_jump" class="mw-redirect" title="Base jump">base jumpers</a> frequent the sector around the Puy Mary and the Brezon valley.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Thanks to its terrain, Cantal can count on a good snow level, which allows winter sports. The station of <a href="/wiki/Le_Lioran" title="Le Lioran">Le Lioran</a>, largest ski-resort of the Massif Central offers alpine skiing (with specific adaptations for snowboard) and ice-skating. Excursions in snow shoes are also possible. The department has several hundred kilometres of cross-country skiing tracks. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau_de_val.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Château de Val"><img alt="Château de Val" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Chateau_de_val.jpg/120px-Chateau_de_val.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Chateau_de_val.jpg/180px-Chateau_de_val.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Chateau_de_val.jpg/240px-Chateau_de_val.jpg 2x" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Bort-les-Orgues" title="Bort-les-Orgues">Château de Val</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Château de Pesteils"><img alt="Château de Pesteils" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg/120px-Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg/180px-Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg/240px-Chateau_de_Pesteil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3199" data-file-height="2352" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Polminhac" title="Polminhac">Château de Pesteils</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Truy%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Alleuze.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Truyère river and Château d'Alleuze"><img alt="Truyère river and Château d'Alleuze" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Truy%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Alleuze.jpg/120px-Truy%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Alleuze.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Truy%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Alleuze.jpg/250px-Truy%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Alleuze.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Truy%C3%A8re" title="Truyère">Truyère</a> river and <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Alleuze" title="Château d'Alleuze">Château d'Alleuze</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lavigerie_overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lavigerie"><img alt="Lavigerie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lavigerie_overview.jpg/120px-Lavigerie_overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lavigerie_overview.jpg/180px-Lavigerie_overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Lavigerie_overview.jpg/240px-Lavigerie_overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lavigerie,_Cantal" title="Lavigerie, Cantal">Lavigerie</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Garabit.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Railway bridge designed by Gustav Eiffel (Garabit viaduct)"><img alt="Railway bridge designed by Gustav Eiffel (Garabit viaduct)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Garabit.jpg/120px-Garabit.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Garabit.jpg/250px-Garabit.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Railway bridge designed by Gustav Eiffel (<a href="/wiki/Garabit_viaduct" title="Garabit viaduct">Garabit viaduct</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CantalMounts.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cantal hills"><img alt="Cantal hills" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/CantalMounts.jpg/120px-CantalMounts.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/CantalMounts.jpg/250px-CantalMounts.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cantal hills</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This staunchly <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> department is an old stronghold of the French Right and was the electoral base of the late <a href="/wiki/Georges_Pompidou" title="Georges Pompidou">Georges Pompidou</a>. Only the area around <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a>, historically <a href="/wiki/Anti-clerical" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-clerical">anti-clerical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_(France)" title="Radical Party (France)">Radical</a>, has some left-wing support. </p><p>The current president of the <a href="/wiki/Cantal_General_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantal General Council">departmental council</a> is Bruno Faure (<a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">The Republicans</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paul_Doumer" title="Paul Doumer">Paul Doumer</a>, French president from May 1931 to May 1932, was born in <a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a> in this department. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>seats </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0051AE"><span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">Union for a Popular Movement</a></td> <td align="right">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E3265B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">Socialist Party</a></td> <td align="right">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ADC1FD"><span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Miscellaneous_Right" class="mw-redirect" title="Miscellaneous Right">Miscellaneous Right</a></td> <td align="right">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFC0C0"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Miscellaneous_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="Miscellaneous Left">Miscellaneous Left</a></td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #EF5327"><span style="color:#fff; font-size:140%;">•</span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">MoDem</a></td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_National_Assembly_Representatives">Current National Assembly Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Current National Assembly Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Constituency</th> <th>Member<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0043B0"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cantal%27s_1st_constituency" title="Cantal's 1st constituency">Cantal's 1st constituency</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Desc%C5%93ur" title="Vincent Descœur">Vincent Descœur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">The Republicans</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0043B0"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cantal%27s_2nd_constituency" title="Cantal's 2nd constituency">Cantal's 2nd constituency</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Yves_Bony" title="Jean-Yves Bony">Jean-Yves Bony</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)" title="The Republicans (France)">The Republicans</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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INSEE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%C3%89volution+et+structure+de+la+population+en+2016&rft.pub=INSEE&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insee.fr%2Ffr%2Fstatistiques%2F4176909%3Fgeo%3DDEP-15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACantal" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lelioran.com/">"Accueil ETE, Le Lioran station chaine des volcans d'Auvergne, été hiver, randonnées séjours en Auvergne"</a>. <i>www.lelioran.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.lelioran.com&rft.atitle=Accueil+ETE%2C+Le+Lioran+station+chaine+des+volcans+d%27Auvergne%2C+%C3%A9t%C3%A9+hiver%2C+randonn%C3%A9es+s%C3%A9jours+en+Auvergne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lelioran.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACantal" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/vos-deputes">Vos deputes (search 'Cantal')</a> <i>www.assemblee-nationale.fr</i> Accessed 22 January 2022</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Cantal_department" title="Communes of the Cantal department">Communes of the Cantal department</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFEB1878" class="citation encyclopaedia cs2">Baynes, T. 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(1878), <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Cantal"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Cantal">"Cantal" </a></span>, <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. <span class="nowrap">27–</span>28</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Cantal&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E27-%3C%2Fspan%3E28&rft.edition=9th&rft.pub=Charles+Scribner%27s+Sons&rft.date=1878&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACantal" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><b>Attribution:</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/40px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFEB1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs2"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911), "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Cantal" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Cantal">Cantal</a>", <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>, vol. 5 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 208</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Cantal&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=208&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACantal" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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