Cros-de-Montvert

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Cros-de-Montvert
Cròs de Montverd
Cros-de-Montvert (France)
Cros-de-Montvert
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Cantal
Arrondissement Aurillac
Canton Saint-Paul-des-Landes
Community association Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
Coordinates 45 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 9'  E
height 304-703 m
surface 29.28 km 2
Residents 194 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 15150
INSEE code
Website http://www.cros-de-montvert.fr/index.php

Cros-de-Montvert ( Occitan Cros de Montverd ) is a French municipality with 194 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Aurillac and the canton of Saint-Paul-des-Landes (until 2015 Laroquebrou ).

location

Cros-de-Montvert is located about 27 kilometers northwest of Aurillac in the Massif Central , in the Châtaigneraie natural landscape . Cros-de-Montvert is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Julien-aux-Bois in the north, Arnac in the east, Saint-Santin-Cantalès in the south-east, Rouffiac in the south and south-west and Saint-Cirgues-la-Loutre in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2016
Residents 425 370 305 253 261 225 221 213 198
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Sainte-Madeleine church
  • Church of Sainte-Madeleine from the 11th / 12th centuries century
  • Saint-Eustache chapel in the Maison Rouge district
  • Peynières Castle

Personalities

  • Louis-Antoine de Noailles (1651–1729), Bishop of Cahors (1679/1680) and Châlons (1680–1695), Archbishop of Paris (from 1695), Cardinal (from 1700)

Web links

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