Montsalvy

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{short description|Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Montsalvy

|commune status = Commune

|image = Chateau de Montsalvy.jpg

|caption = Château of Montsalvy

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Montsalvy (Cantal).svg

|arrondissement = Aurillac

|canton = Arpajon-sur-Cère

|INSEE = 15134

|postal code = 15120

|mayor = Isabelle Lemaire{{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}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Châtaigneraie Cantalienne

|coordinates = {{coord|44.7081|2.5008|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 780

|elevation min m = 269

|elevation max m = 822

|area km2 = 20.29

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Montsalvy ({{IPA|fr|mɔ̃salvi}}; {{langx|oc|Montsauvi}}) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

== History ==

Montsalvy was founded around 1070 as a monastery with a Sauveté, (a refuge zone around a church or a chapel by several boundary markers) by Bérenger de Millau, husband of Adèle de Carlat.

Formerly the "capital" of the Veinazès region, it was for a long time the chief town of the Canton de Montsalvy. Today it is part of the canton of Arpajon-sur-Cère and is the second largest commune in terms of population.