• Source: Montsalvy

Montsalvy (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃salvi]; Occitan: Montsauvi) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.




History


Montsalvy was founded around 1070 as a monastery with a Sauveté, (a refuge zone around a church or a chapel by several boundary markers) by Bérenger de Millau, husband of Adèle de Carlat.
Formerly the "capital" of the Veinazès region, it was for a long time the chief town of the Canton de Montsalvy. Today it is part of the canton of Arpajon-sur-Cère and is the second largest commune in terms of population.




Population






See also


Communes of the Cantal department




Culture






= Literature

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Montsalvy appears in the following works:

Juliette Benzoni, French author (Alexandre Dumas Prix 1973) who wrote and set her Catherine (Benzoni novel) series historical romance in Montsalvy.




= Notable person

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Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), palaeontologist, geologist, and anthropologist, was born and died in Montsalvy.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Cantal
• Arondisemen Aurillac
• Mauriac (Cantal)
• Aurillac
• Vic-sur-Cère
• Arondisemen Saint-Flour
• Arondisemen Mauriac
• Cantal
• Montsalvy
• Catherine (Benzoni novel)
• Montsalvy Abbey
• Catherine (1986 TV series)
• Marcellin Boule
• 2004 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20
• Fred Williams (actor)
• Communes of the Cantal department
• Tulle
• Juliette Benzoni