Salers

Salers (French pronunciation: ​[saˈlɛʁ], Occitan: Salèrn) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

Salers
Commune
The town hall in Salers
Coat of arms
Location of Salers
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Coordinates: 45°08′20″N 2°29′42″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Mauriac
Canton	Mauriac
Intercommunality	Pays de Salers
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Maltcheff
Area ^1	4.85 km^2 (1.87 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	329
• Density	68/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15219 /15140
Elevation	830–1,207 m (2,723–3,960 ft) (avg. 951 m or 3,120 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is famous for the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) cheeses Cantal and Salers. It is also famous for the Salers breed of cattle that originated in this commune.

It was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando in the late 1430s, during the final phase of the Hundred Years' War.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,134 —     1806 1,497 +32.0% 1820 1,183 −21.0% 1831 1,286 +8.7% 1841 1,243 −3.3% 1851 1,026 −17.5% 1861 985 −4.0% 1872 1,033 +4.9% 1876 1,026 −0.7% 1881 1,049 +2.2% 1886 1,019 −2.9% 1891 1,015 −0.4% 1896 907 −10.6% 1901 887 −2.2% 1906 760 −14.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1911 743 −2.2% 1921 603 −18.8% 1926 620 +2.8% 1931 630 +1.6% 1936 608 −3.5% 1946 558 −8.2% 1954 561 +0.5% 1962 533 −5.0% 1968 521 −2.3% 1975 480 −7.9% 1982 451 −6.0% 1990 439 −2.7% 1999 401 −8.7% 2008 364 −9.2% 2016 329 −9.6%

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.