Menet
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Cantal | |
| Arrondissement | Mauriac | |
| Canton | Riom-ès-Montagnes | |
| Community association | Pays Gentiane | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 18 ' N , 2 ° 35' E | |
| height | 579-980 m | |
| surface | 29.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 555 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 15400 | |
| INSEE code | 15124 | |
| Website | www.menet.fr/public | |
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Menet is a French municipality with 555 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mauriac and the canton of Riom-ès-Montagnes .
geography
The municipality is located around six kilometers northwest of the canton capital Riom-ès-Montagnes in the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park . Menet's neighboring municipalities are Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil in the north, Riom-ès-Montagnes in the east, Valette in the south, Trizac in the south-west, Le Monteil in the west (in the Haute-Loire department ) and La Monselie in the north-west. In the east of the municipality, the Sumène river runs north, in the western part its tributary Violon runs north-west. To the north of the village of Menet is the Lac de Menet , which drains to the Sumène.
Transport links
The eastern municipal area is crossed by the departmental road D3, which runs from Riom-ès-Montagnes in a north-westerly direction and joins the D922 between Ydes and Bort-les-Orgues . A railway line runs parallel to it, on which the Gentiane Express tourist train runs today .
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 851 | 819 | 653 | 653 | 622 | 580 | 506 | 567 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Pierre in the 12th century monument historique
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Pierre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)