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Mourjou (;
Languedocien Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...
: ''Morjon'', or ''Morjó'') is a former
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Cantal Cantal (; oc, Cantal or ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, with its prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour (the episcopal see) and Mauriac; its residents are known as Cantalians (fren ...
department in south-central
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Puycapel.Arrêté préfectoral
12 December 2018 A chestnut fair is held annually during the third weekend of October. The village is home to the Maison de la Chataigne, a museum dedicated to the chestnut: its history, its cultivation and harvesting, and its consumption. It is open from June to September every day of the week in the afternoon, except Monday.


Population


See also

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Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 communes of the Cantal department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website of the Commune of MourjouFoire de la ChataigneMaison de la ChataigneAuberge de Mourjou


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Former communes of Cantal Populated places disestablished in 2019 {{Cantal-geo-stub