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Hotel du Cantal. Hotel du Cantal is an oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jean Dubuffet, created in 1961. The work, part of a major donation made by the artist in 1967, is held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris. [1] [2]
The Mounts of Cantal (or Volcanoes of Cantal; French: Monts du Cantal [mɔ̃ dy kɑ̃tal]) are a mountainous massif in the mid-west of the Massif Central, France, made up of the remnants of the largest stratovolcano of Europe, which was formed from 13 million years ago and last erupted approximately 2 million years ago. However, the main part ...
Cantal. / 45.033°N 3.100°E / 45.033; 3.100. Cantal ( French pronunciation: [kɑ̃tal] ⓘ; Occitan: Cantal or Cantau) is a rural department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, with its prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour (the episcopal see) and Mauriac; its residents are known as Cantalians ...
Map of arrondissements of the Cantal department. The 3 arrondissements of the Cantal department are: Arrondissement of Aurillac, (prefecture of the Cantal department: Aurillac) with 93 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 82,391 in 2016. Arrondissement of Mauriac, (subprefecture: Mauriac) with 55 communes. The population of the ...
Plomb du Cantal. / 45.05861°N 2.76139°E / 45.05861; 2.76139. The Plomb du Cantal ( Occitan: Plom dau Cantal) is the highest summit of Mounts of Cantal in the Massif Central, France. It is the second highest summit of the Massif Central, after the mountain of Puy de Sancy .
Since 1 January 2020, the Cantal department of France has counted nine public establishments for intercommunal cooperation (EPCI) with their administrative seats in the department, one agglomerated community and 8 communauté de communes. One additional commune, Montgreleix, is part of the communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy whose ...
The balancing of incoming and outgoing water allows the Canal du Midi to operate as it does. Each time a lock operates, large quantities of water are either required to fill it or dump from it into the lower level pound. There must be a constant source of water in order to fill and the excess water dumped must have a place to exit the canal ...
The Departmental Council of Cantal (French: Conseil départemental du Cantal) is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Cantal. It consists of 30 members (departmental councilors) and its headquarters are in Aurillac, capital of the department, and the president is Bruno Faure. The general councilors are elected for a 6-years term.