Menat, Puy-de-Dôme

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Menat
Commune
Village de Menat
Village de Menat
Coat of arms of Menat
Coat of arms
Location of Menat
Menat is located in France
Menat
Menat
Coordinates: 46°06′16″N 2°54′19″E / 46.1044°N 2.9053°E / 46.1044; 2.9053Coordinates: 46°06′16″N 2°54′19″E / 46.1044°N 2.9053°E / 46.1044; 2.9053
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementRiom
CantonSaint-Éloy-les-Mines
IntercommunalityCC Pays de Saint-Éloy
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Yves Arnaud[1]
Area
1
20.31 km2 (7.84 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
544
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Menatois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63223 /63560
Elevation346–674 m (1,135–2,211 ft)
Websitewww.commune-de-menat.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Menat (French pronunciation: ​[məna]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is in the heart of the valley of Sioule.

Its neighboring municipalities are Saint-Éloy-les-Mines, Youx, Moureuille, Servant, Pouzol, Neuf-Église, Ayat-sur-Sioule, and Saint-Rémy-de-Blot.

Locations[]

The (fr) is an abbey in the village of Menat. It is one of the oldest monastic foundations in Auvergne.

The (fr) is a medieval bridge connecting Menat to adjacent Saint-Rémy-de-Blot.

Gastronomy[]

The pâté aux pommes de terre and, the "pain des Combrailles" are specialties of the region.[3]

Fossils[]

Main article: Menat Formation

Menat is a unique paleontological site in Europe which testifies to 56 million years of plant and animal life, well before the appearance of man. Many fossils have been discovered extracted from the shales. A dedicated museum was inaugurated in 1980 and housed in the former abbey castle (now town hall).

Paleocene bird fossils have been discovered in Menat, including Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, and relatives of Songziidae.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "The Auvergne". Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  4. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Hervet, Sophie; Buffetaut, Eric (2019). "On the diverse and widely ignored Paleocene avifauna of Menat (Puy-de-Dôme, France): new taxonomic records and unusual soft tissue preservation". Geological Magazine. 156 (3): 572–584. doi:10.1017/S0016756818000080. ISSN 0016-7568.


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