Salers | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Salers 15.svg |
Arrondissement: | Mauriac |
Canton: | Mauriac |
Insee: | 15219 |
Postal Code: | 15140 |
Mayor: | Jean-Louis Faure[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Salers |
Coordinates: | 45.1389°N 2.495°W |
Elevation M: | 951 |
Elevation Min M: | 830 |
Elevation Max M: | 1207 |
Area Km2: | 4.85 |
Salers (in French pronounced as /saˈlɛʁ/,) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
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.