Salers (, ) is a commune 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 ( ...

department in south-central

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. It is famous for the

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(AOC) cheeses

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

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Communes of Cantal Plus Beaux Villages de France Cantal communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Cantal-geo-stub

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