# Massiac

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{{short description|Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}
{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Massiac}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Massiac
|commune status         = [Commune](/source/Communes_of_France)
|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&ndash;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](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Cantal](/source/Cantal) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in south-central [France](/source/France).

The commune is listed as a [Village étape](/source/Village_%C3%A9tape).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://village-etape.fr/village-etape/massiac/|title=Massiac &#124; Village Étape}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left|
1962|1741|
1968|1756|
1975|1884|
1982|1838|
1990|1881|
1999|1857|
2008|1833|
}}
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==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](/source/Riom) Court of Justice during the 1665-6 "Grands Jours", a national inquest into criminality in the [Auvergne](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Communes_of_the_Cantal_department)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.massiac.fr/ Official website]

{{Commons category|Massiac}}
{{Cantal communes}}

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Category:Communes of Cantal
Category:Auvergne
Category:Cantal communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

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