{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{short description|Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}} {{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Massiac}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Massiac |commune status = Commune |image = Massiac 1.JPG |caption = Massiac seen from the Alagnonnette valley |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Massiac (Cantal).svg |arrondissement = Saint-Flour |canton = Saint-Flour-1 |INSEE = 15119 |postal code = 15500 |mayor = Didier Achalme<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Hautes Terres |coordinates = {{coord|45.2519|3.1981|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 540 |elevation min m = 511 |elevation max m = 1005 |area km2 = 34.78 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Massiac''' ({{IPA|fr|masjak|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Kappler-Massiac.wav}}; {{langx|oc|Maciac}}) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
The commune is listed as a Village étape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://village-etape.fr/village-etape/massiac/|title=Massiac | Village Étape}}</ref>
==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|1741| 1968|1756| 1975|1884| 1982|1838| 1990|1881| 1999|1857| 2008|1833| }} {{clear left}}
==Local history== In the 17th century, Massiac was ruled by the feudal lord Gaspard d'Espinchal, a notorious murderer, kidnapper, and nobleman who was pursued and prosecuted by the Riom Court of Justice during the 1665-6 "Grands Jours", a national inquest into criminality in the Auvergne highlands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Histoire |url=https://massiac.fr/vie-municipale/visite-guidee-de-massiac/ |website=Massiac.fr |publisher=Town of Massiac |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> Historians have described him as a "real-life Dracula."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Manns |first1=Andrew |title=The Great Devil: Auvergne's Real-Life Dracula |url=https://visitauvergne.org/the-great-devil-auvergnes-real-life-dracula/ |website=Visit Auvergne |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>
==See also== *Communes of the Cantal department
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==External links== *[http://www.massiac.fr/ Official website]
{{Commons category|Massiac}} {{Cantal communes}}
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