Marcenat, Cantal

Marcenat
Marcenat
Administration
Country	France
Region	Auvergne
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Canton	Condat
Intercommunality	Cézallier
Mayor	Jean-Bernard Merle (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	760–1,449 m (2,490–4,754 ft) (avg. 1,060 m/3,480 ft)
Land area1	51.47 km2 (19.87 sq mi)
Population2	532  (2008)
- Density	10 /km2 (26 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	15114/ 15190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 45°18′28″N 2°49′39″E / 45.3077777778°N 2.8275°E / 45.3077777778; 2.8275

Marcenat is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France.

Population

Historical population of Marcenat, Cantal

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
1134	1218	1100	928	823	627	532

Monuments

• Château d'Aubijou belonged to the Castellane family.^[1]
• Orthodox monastery^[2][3][4] Russian architecture.

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ "My parents owned several estates. One of these was the ancient château of Aubijou in Cantal, an electoral fief which once belonged to Jean II (The Good), and had passed in succession to the Tour d'Auvergnes, the La Rochefoucaulds and the Rohan-Chabots, lasping finally to Maréchal de Castellane, whose mother was a member of the last-named family". How I discovered America by the Marquis Paul Ernest Boniface. Alfred A Knopf Publishers, 1924, chapter V, page 68 (Paul Ernest Boniface married Anna Gould daughter of financier Jay Gould).
2. ^ (French) Monastère Znaménié first picture
3. ^ (French) Monastère Znaménié second picture
4. ^ (French) Monastère Znaménié third picture