Cayrols

Cayrols
Commune
The church in Cayrols
Coat of arms
Location of Cayrols
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Coordinates: 44°49′57″N 2°14′01″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Aurillac
Canton	Saint-Paul-des-Landes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lionel Cesano[1]
Area ^1	9.22 km^2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	296
• Density	32/km^2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15030 /15290
Elevation	476–664 m (1,562–2,178 ft) (avg. 582 m or 1,909 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cayrols is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	274	—
1968	296	+8.0%
1975	250	−15.5%
1982	229	−8.4%
1990	226	−1.3%
1999	227	+0.4%
2008	241	+6.2%

Notable people

• Gabrielle Petit (feminist) (1860–1952), feminist activist, anticlerical, libertarian socialist, newspaper editor

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.