Montsalvy

Montsalvy
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Aurillac
Canton	Arpajon-sur-Cère
Community association	Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
Coordinates	44 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  E
height	269-822 m
surface	20.29 km 2
Residents	817 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	40 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	15120
INSEE code	15134
Website	http://www.montsalvy.fr/

Montsalvy is a French municipality with 817 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; administratively it belongs to the arrondissement Aurillac and is part of the canton Arpajon-sur-Cère (until 2015: canton Montsalvy ).

geography

Montsalvy is about 24 kilometers south-southeast of Aurillac . Montsalvy is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Labesserette in the north, Lapeyrugue in the northeast, Saint-Hippolyte in the east, Enguialès in the south and southeast, Vieillevie in the southwest and Junhac in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	821	947	1,100	927	970	896	892	880
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Church, former monastery
• Chapel of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine by Reclus
• old castle
• Mandulphe Castle
• Montsalvy Castle

Montsalvy Castle

Personalities

• Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), paleontologist

Web links

Commons : Montsalvy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry No. 15134 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)