Neussargues-Moissac

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Neussargues-Moissac
Commune
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Coordinates: 45°07′45′′N 2°58′37′′E / 45.1292°N 2.9769°E / 45.1292; 2.9769
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Canton	Murat
Area ¹	13.62 km² (5.26 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]	834
• Density	61/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15141 /15170
Elevation	738–1,022 m (2,421–3,353 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Neussargues-Moissac (French pronunciation: [nøsaʁɡmwasak] ; Auvergnat: Nuçargues e Moissac) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Between December 2016 and January 2025, it was part of Neussargues en Pinatelle.^[2]^[3]

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,247	—
1968	1,252	+0.4%
1975	1,213	−3.1%
1982	1,186	−2.2%
1990	1,231	+3.8%
1999	1,030	−16.3%
2008	968	−6.0%

Sights

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Château St Benoît: owned by the family of Olivier Messiaen's first wife, Claire Delbos. Messiaen worked on L'Ascension there.
Castle Marguerite (Villa ou Château Marguerite): 19th century building.
The Valley of Alagnon
Villa Marguerite: late 19th-century French mansion.

The river Alagnon is a tributary of the Allier.

Personalities

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Olivier Messiaen ^[4]^[5]
Claire Delbos, violinist, first wife of the composer Olivier Messiaen.

References

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^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 21 September 2016 (in French)
^ "Neussargues en Pinatelle : modification des limites territoriales de la commune". Les services de l'État dans le Cantal (in French). Retrieved 2025年01月03日.
^ OM 022a - L'Ascension, pour orchestre [Paris /Neussargues, mai /juillet 1932 puis Monaco,mai /juillet 1933 > 9 février 1934].
^ OM 022b - L'Ascension, pour orgue [Neussargues, été 1933 puis Paris, 1934].