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Code: 15
Region: Auvergne
Traditional provinces: Auvergne
Bordering departments: Aveyron,
Corrèze,
Haute-Loire, Lot,
Lozère,
Puy-de-Dôme
Area: 5,726 km2
Population (1995): 155,200 inhabitants
Préfecture: Aurillac
Sous-préfectures: Mauriac,
Saint-Flour
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 27 cantons, 258 communes.
The department is named after the ancient volcanic massif of Cantal, which reaches 1,855 m at its highest point (Plomb du Cantal).