Marcenat, Cantal

Marcenat
The square in Marcenat
Coat of arms
Marcenat
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Marcenat
Coordinates: 45°18′28″N 2°49′39″E / 45.3078°N 2.8275°ECoordinates: 45°18′28″N 2°49′39″E / 45.3078°N 2.8275°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Canton	Condat
Intercommunality	Cézallier
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Colette Ponchet-Passemard
Area^1	51.47 km^2 (19.87 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	509
• Density	9.9/km^2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	15114 / 15190
Elevation	760–1,449 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Marcenat is a commune in the département of Cantal and Auvergne 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.^[1]
• Orthodox monastery^[2][3][4] Russian architecture.

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

References

• INSEE

1. "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).
2. (French) Monastère Znaménié first picture
3. (French) Monastère Znaménié second picture
4. (French) Monastère Znaménié third picture