Saint-Simon, Cantal
Encyclopedia
Saint-Simon is a commune
in the Cantal
department in south-central France
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The medieval town of Belliac, located near the present-day Saint-Simon, was the birthplace (in 946
) of the prolific scholar Gerbert d'Aurillac, who became Pope Sylvester II, the first of the French popes.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Cantal
Cantal
Cantal is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous....
department in south-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The medieval town of Belliac, located near the present-day Saint-Simon, was the birthplace (in 946
946
Year 946 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.- Religion :* May 10 – Pope Agapitus II succeeds Pope Marinus II as the 129th pope.- Deaths :...
) of the prolific scholar Gerbert d'Aurillac, who became Pope Sylvester II, the first of the French popes.