Mauriac, Cantal
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Commune of Mauriac |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Cantal |
| Arrondissement | Mauriac |
| Canton | Mauriac |
| Mayor | Gérard Leymonie (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 351 m–760 m (avg. 722 m) |
| Land area¹ | 27.61 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,019 |
| - Density | 145/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 15120/ 15200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Mauriac is a commune of central France, capital of an arrondissement in the département of Cantal, 39 miles north-northwest of Aurillac by rail.
Mauriac, built on the slope of a volcanic hill, has a church of the 12th century, and the buildings of an old abbey now used as public offices and dwellings; the town owes its origin to the abbey, founded during the 6th century.
It is the seat of a sub-prefect and has a tribunal of first instance and a communal college. There are marble quarries in the vicinity.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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