Marcenat, Cantal Explained

Marcenat
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Marcenat 15.svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Flour
Canton:	Riom-ès-Montagnes
Insee:	15114
Postal Code:	15190
Mayor:	Colette Ponchet-Passemard^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	45.3078°N 2.8275°W
Elevation M:	1060
Elevation Min M:	760
Elevation Max M:	1449
Area Km2:	51.47

Marcenat is a commune in the département of Cantal and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-central France.

Population

Sights

• The Château d'Aubijou, which belonged to the Castellane family.^[2]
• Orthodox monastery^{[3] [4] [5]} Russian architecture.

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. "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).
3. Monastère Znaménié first picture
4. Monastère Znaménié second picture
5. Monastère Znaménié third picture