What is Cantal?
{{Infobox settlement | name =Cantal | native_name = | native_name_lang = | type =[[Departments of France|Department]] | image_skyline =Chateau de Pesteil.jpg | image_alt =Chateau of Pesteil | image_caption =''Chateau of Pesteil'' in Polminhac, Cantal | image_flag =Drapeau fr département Cantal.svg |flag_size=125px | flag_alt =Flag of Cantal | image_shield =Blason département fr Cantal.svg |shield_size=80px | shield_alt =Coat of arms | nickname = | motto = | image_map =Cantal-Position.svg | map_alt = | map_caption =Location of Cantal in France | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|45|2|N|3|6|E|region:FR_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type =Country | subdivision_name =[[France]] | subdivision_type1 =[[Regions of France|Region]] | subdivision_name1 =[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] | established_title =Département | established_date =4 March 1790 | founder = | seat_type =[[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] | seat =[[Aurillac]] | parts_type =[[Prefectures in France|Subprefectures]] | parts_style =para<!-- list, coll (collapsed list), para (paragraph format) --> | p1 =[[Mauriac, Cantal|Mauriac]] | p2 =[[Saint-Flour, Cantal|Saint-Flour]] | government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cantal.fr/l-assemblee-du-conseil-departemental-du-cantal-auvergne-aurillac-saint-flour-mauriac.html?id=7l |title=L'Assemblée |work=Conseil départemental du Cantal |format= |language=French |accessdate=21 January 2017 |date= }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | leader_party = | leader_title =[[President of the Departmental Council|President]] | leader_name =Vincent Descoeur | unit_pref