Le Rouget (;

Languedocien Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...

: ''Lo Roget'') is a former

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in the

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Cantal Cantal (; oc, Cantal or ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint ...

in south-central

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune

Le Rouget-Pers Le Rouget-Pers (; oc, Lo Roget e Pers) is a Communes of France, commune in the Cantal Departments of France, department of southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Le Rouget and P ...

. Le Rouget, having grown from a hamlet as a result of coming of the railway, will not be found on many 19th-century maps. It was not granted ''commune'' status (and, with it, the right to elect a mayor of its own) until September 1945,Archive of Cantal
about Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat and the creation of Le Rouget. but is today a more important commercial and employment centre than the nearby historic cantonal centres of Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat and

Laroquebrou Laroquebrou (; oc, La Ròcabrau) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departmen ...

, although it lacks their architectural and historical interest. A market is held every Sunday morning.

Population

References

Former communes of Cantal Populated places disestablished in 2016 {{Cantal-geo-stub