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Mauriac, Cantal
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| Commune of Mauriac | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 20' 03" E |
| Latitude | 45° 13' 11" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Cantal (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Mauriac |
| Canton | Mauriac |
| Mayor | Gérard Leymonie (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 351 m–760 m (avg. 722 m) |
| Land area¹ | 27.61 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,019 |
| - Density (1999) | 145/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 15120/ 15200 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Mauriac is a town and commune of central France, capital of an arrondissement in the département of Cantal, 39 m. N.N.W. of Aurillac by rail.
Mauriac, built on the slope of a volcanic hill, has a church of the 12th century, and the buildings of an old abbey now used as public offices and dwellings; the town owes its origin to the abbey, founded during the 6th century.
It is the seat of a sub-prefect and has a tribunal of first instance and a communal college. There are marble quarries in the vicinity.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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