Marcenat, Cantal

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Marcenat

(2020–2026) Colette Ponchet-Passemard^[1]Area

51.47 km² (19.87 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

511 • Density9.9/km² (26/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

15114 /15190

Elevation760–1,449 m (2,493–4,754 ft)
(avg. 1,060 m or 3,480 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marcenat is a commune in the département of Cantal and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,302	—
1968	1,218	−6.5%
1975	1,100	−9.7%
1982	928	−15.6%
1990	823	−11.3%
1999	627	−23.8%
2008	553	−11.8%
2012	509	−8.0%

Sights

The Château d'Aubijou, which belonged to the Castellane family.^[3]
Orthodox monastery^[4]^[5]^[6] Russian architecture.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "My parents owned several estates. One of these was the ancient château of Aubijou in Cantal, an electoral fief which once belonged to Jean II (The Good), and had passed in succession to the Tour d'Auvergnes, the La Rochefoucaulds and the Rohan-Chabots, lasping finally to Maréchal de Castellane, whose mother was a member of the last-named family". How I discovered America by the Marquis Paul Ernest Boniface. Alfred A Knopf Publishers, 1924, chapter V, page 68 (Paul Ernest Boniface married Anna Gould daughter of financier Jay Gould).
^ (in French) Monastère Znaménié first picture Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in French) Monastère Znaménié second picture Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in French) Monastère Znaménié third picture Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine