Anterrieux

Anterrieux (Anterriu in Occitan) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of southern central France.

Anterrieux
Commune
The Town Hall and Museum
Location of Anterrieux
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Coordinates: 44°50′11″N 3°02′40″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Canton	Neuvéglise
Intercommunality	Saint-Flour Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Louis Raynal
Area ^1	16.16 km^2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	123
• Density	7.6/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15007 /15110
Elevation	862–1,132 m (2,828–3,714 ft) (avg. 960 m or 3,150 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Anterrieux is located some 30 km south by south-west of Saint-Flour and 20 km west by north-west of Saint-Chely-d'Apcher. Access to the commune is by road D989 from Saint-Chely-d'Apcher in the east passing through the commune and continuing west to Chaudes-Aigues. Access to the village is by small communal roads from various points on the D989. In addition to the village there is also the hamlet of Oyex in the south. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with an especially large forest (the Bois d'Oyex) in the far south of the commune.[2]

The Bes river forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join La Truyere river in the Lac de Grandval. The Maleval river rises in the commune and flows north past the village. It is joined by several tributaries in the commune.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

History

The region was the scene of fighting in June 1944 between the Maquis and Nazi troops. The Nazis were successful in overrunning the Maquis in their Truyère Redoubt where they were attacked on 20 June 1944. The battle was fierce and the village of Anterrieux was destroyed by fire after having been held for ten hours by the 3,000 resistance fighters of the 7th Company under the command of Henri Fournier who were forced to disperse because of the German firepower supported by their air force. More than a hundred maquisards were killed as well as about fifteen German soldiers and a dozen civilians. The Resistance Museum of Anterrieux provides the public with memories of that time.[3]

See: John Hind Farmer

Administration

Anterrieux Community Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	Current	Louis Raynal	DVD

(Not all data is known)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	131	—
2007	130	−0.8%
2008	128	−1.5%
2009	127	−0.8%
2010	127	+0.0%
2011	126	−0.8%
2012	126	+0.0%
2013	124	−1.6%
2014	123	−0.8%
2015	123	+0.0%
2016	122	−0.8%

Anterrieux War Memorial

Anterrieux Church

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

External links

• Anterrieux on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Anterrieux on Lion1906
• Anterrieux on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Anterrieux on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Google Maps
3. Resistance Museum website (in French)
4. List of Mayors of France