Menat | |
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 Village de Menat | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Menat | |
  Menat  Menat | |
| Coordinates:46°06′16″N2°54′19″E / 46.1044°N 2.9053°E /46.1044; 2.9053 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Riom |
| Canton | Saint-Éloy-les-Mines |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays de Saint-Éloy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Yves Arnaud[1] |
Area 1 | 20.31 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 543 |
| • Density | 26.7/km2 (69.2/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Menatois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63223 /63560 |
| Elevation | 346–674 m (1,135–2,211 ft) |
| Website | www.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 acommune in thePuy-de-Dômedepartment inAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes in centralFrance. It is in the heart of the valley ofSioule.
Its neighboring municipalities areSaint-Éloy-les-Mines,Youx,Moureuille,Servant,Pouzol,Neuf-Église,Ayat-sur-Sioule, andSaint-Rémy-de-Blot.
TheMenat Abbey (fr) is anabbey in the village of Menat. It is one of the oldestmonastic foundations in Auvergne.
ThePont de Menat (fr) is a medieval bridge connecting Menat to adjacent Saint-Rémy-de-Blot.
Thepâté aux pommes de terre and, the "pain des Combrailles" are specialties of the region.[3]
Menat is the site of alagerstätte dating to 56 million years ago. 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, includingHalcyornithidae,Messelasturidae, and relatives ofSongziidae.[4]
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