Montsalvy

Montsalvy
Commune
Château of Montsalvy
Coat of arms
Location of Montsalvy
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Coordinates: 44°42′29″N 2°30′03″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Aurillac
Canton	Arpajon-sur-Cère
Intercommunality	Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Isabelle Lemaire[1]
Area ^1	20.29 km^2 (7.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	822
• Density	41/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15134 /15120
Elevation	269–822 m (883–2,697 ft) (avg. 780 m or 2,560 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montsalvy (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃salvi]; Occitan: Montsauvi) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

History

Montsalvy was founded around 1070 as a monastery with a Sauveté, (a refuge zone around a church or a chapel by several boundary markers) by Bérenger de Millau, husband of Adèle de Carlat.

Formerly the "capital" of the Veinazès region, it was for a long time the chief town of the Canton de Montsalvy. Today it is part of the canton of Arpajon-sur-Cère and is the second largest commune in terms of population.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	821	—
1968	947	+15.3%
1975	1,100	+16.2%
1982	927	−15.7%
1990	970	+4.6%
1999	896	−7.6%
2008	882	−1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

Culture

Literature

Montsalvy appears in the following works:

• Juliette Benzoni, French author (Alexandre Dumas Prix 1973) who wrote and set her Catherine (Benzoni novel) series historical romance in Montsalvy.

Notable person

• Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), palaeontologist, geologist, and anthropologist, was born and died in Montsalvy.

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.