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Within Vinony's link graph, Pers is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under topics including Communes of France disestablished in 2016 and Former communes of Cantal.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Le Rouget-Pers
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 237
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Cantal
- Arrondissement
- Aurillac
- Canton
- Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat
- Commune
- Le Rouget-Pers
- Area
- 16.05 km (6.20 sq mi)
- Density
- 17.0/km (44.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Elevation
- 516–657 m (1,693–2,156 ft) , (avg. 570 m or 1,870 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Pers
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Aurillac
- Population
- 301
- Area
- 16.05
- Elevation
- 657
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Le Rouget-Pers
- Image
- Pers 2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Pers (Cantal)
- replaced by
- Le Rouget-Pers
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- postal code
- 15290
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Paul-des-Landes
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Encyclopedic overview
Pers ( French pronunciation: [pɛʁs]; Occitan: Pers) is a former commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Rouget-Pers.
It is on the edge of the Châtaigneraie and near the Ségala. It is also adjacent to the lake of Saint-Étienne-Cantalès, a large body of water formed by the damming of the river Cère for hydro electric purposes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.