Menat, Puy-de-Dôme

Menat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is in the heart of the valley of Sioule.

Menat
Commune
Village de Menat
Coat of arms
Location of Menat
Menat
Menat
Coordinates: 46°06′16″N 2°54′19″E
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
 (2017-01-01)[2]
547
 • Density27/km2 (70/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.

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

Locations

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

The Pont de Menat (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 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 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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