Departement du Cantal (Cantal), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Departement du Cantal: French department

About

Quick Facts about Cantal

Population : 145,143
Country : France
State : Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France)
Head of government : president of the departmental council
Twitter username : cantalauvergne
Area : 5726 km2
Official name : Cantal
Annual number of weddings : 443
Easternmost point : Point(3.371287 45.0022095)
Northernmost point : Point(2.5199014 45.4835642)
Named for : Cantal mountains
Capital : Saint-Flour, Aurillac
Establishment : March 03, 1790
Time Zone : UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Local time : 19:37:51 (5th December 2025)

Geography

Cantal is located at 45°8'23"N 2°38'58"E (45.1398500, 2.6494700). It has 3 neighbors: Departement du Lot, Departement de la Correze and Departement de l Aveyron.

Departement du Cantal map

Click "full screen" full screen map icon to open full mode. View satellite images

    Vincent Descœur ,

Cantal has 3 neighbours.

  • Saint-Flour
  • arrondissement of Aurillac
  • arrondissement of Saint-Flour
  • arrondissement of Mauriac

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1990 147,577 - census
2015 146,219 -0.93% census
2017 145,143 -0.74% census

Cantal, Departement du Cantal, Département du Cantal