Intercommunality Pays de Salers Area 4.85 km² Local time Wednesday 2:01 PM | Canton Salers Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 368 (2006) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 38% Humidity | ||
Salers ([saˈlɛʁ], Occitan: Salèrn) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
Map of 15140 Salers, 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.
References
Salers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA