Cantal - Cantal

Cantal is a department in the French, former, region Auvergne, now part of the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It bears the ordinal number 15 and borders (clockwise, starting in the north on the department Puy-de-Dôme, in the east to the département Haute Loire, in the southeast Lozère, in the south Aveyron, in the southwest to the department Lot, as well as in the west and northwest Corrèze. It is after the second highest mountain in the Massif Central, the Plomb you Cantal (1855 m), named.

Regions

places

• 44.9252777777782.43972222222221 Aurillac - Prefecture (administrative seat) of the department. Museum of the volcanoes, old town, art and archeology museum.

• 45.0336111111113.09277777777782 Saint-Flour - The old high-altitude fortress city lies on a solidified lava flow. Upper town with numerous Renaissance houses, St-Pierre Cathedral from 1398–1466 with a black Christ on the cross. Museum of Haute-Auvergne, Alfred Douët Museum of Art and History.

• 44.9038888888892.45666666666673 Arpajon-sur-Cère -

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  Aurillac

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  Saint-Flour

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  Arpajon-sur-Cère

• 45.0961111111112.34944444444444 Besse -

• 45.2188888888892.33361111111115 Mauriac - Notre-Dame-des-Miracles Basilica

• 45.0544444444442.48222222222226 Tournemire - Château d'Anjony

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  Besse

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  Mauriac

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  Tournemire

Other goals

• The highest mountain in the Massif Central is the 45.058888892.761666671 Plomb you Cantal (1855 m) and the highest peak in the Monts du Cantal mountain range

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Tourist Attractions

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Regular events

• The city of Riom-ès-Montagnes dedicates a festival to blue cheese in August

Culinary specialties

• The Pounti or Picoussel, is a kind of pie made from wheat flour, eggs, milk, chard leaves, bacon and plums. The finished pie is cut into slices and lightly seared. It goes well with poultry and other white meats, or is served only with lettuce to lighten it up. You can also drink a glass of cool white wine.

• Fourme de Cantal, also just called Cantal, is a raw milk cheese. It is firm and sliced.

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  Pounti with prunes before cooking

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  Seared pounti

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  Fourme de Cantal

• Almost disappeared in the late 1980s, the blonde lentil from Saint-Flour (lentille blonde de Saint-Flour) rescued by some local farmers. Their thin skin and flourless texture make them a very popular legume.

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Web links

http://www.cantal.fr/ - Official website of the Cantal department