Cantal

French department
Organization department_of_france Q3259
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Cantal

Summary

Cantal is a department of France[1]. Cantal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Cantal is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[3].
  • Cantal is in the country of France[4].
  • Cantal's head of government is recorded as Vincent Descœur[5].
  • Cantal's instance of is recorded as department of France[6].
  • Cantal's capital is recorded as Aurillac[7].
  • Cantal's shares border with is recorded as Aveyron[8].
  • Cantal's shares border with is recorded as Corrèze[9].
  • Cantal's shares border with is recorded as Puy-de-Dôme[10].
  • Cantal's shares border with is recorded as Haute-Loire[11].
  • Cantal's shares border with is recorded as Lozère[12].
  • Cantal's shares border with is recorded as Lot[13].
  • Cantal mountains is named after Cantal[14].
  • Cantal's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Aurillac[15].
  • Cantal's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Mauriac[16].
  • Cantal's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as arrondissement of Saint-Flour[17].
  • Cantal's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Saint-Flour[18].
  • Cantal's Commons category is recorded as Cantal[19].
  • Cantal's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[20].
  • Cantal's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[21].
  • March 4, 1790 marks the founding of Cantal[22].
  • Cantal's highest point is recorded as Plomb du Cantal[23].
  • Cantal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.033333333333, 'lon': 3.1}[24].
  • Cantal's official website is recorded as http://www.cantal.fr/[25].
  • Cantal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cantal[26].
  • Cantal's Commons gallery is recorded as Cantal[27].

Body

Founding

March 4, 1790 marks the founding of Cantal[22].

Identity

Cantal's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Cantal'}[28].

Why It Matters

Cantal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Cantal is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37234|batch #37234]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
  2. 25d ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity arrondissement of Aurillac, arrondissement of Mauriac, arrondissement of Saint-Flour +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
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