Mourjou
Mourjou | |
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Part of Puycapel | |
 Mourjou seen from Jalenques, during an autumn evening | |
Location of Mourjou | |
  Mourjou Location within France  Mourjou Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 44°41′29″N 2°19′48″E / 44.6914°N 2.33°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Cantal |
| Arrondissement | Aurillac |
| Canton | Maurs |
| Commune | Puycapel |
Area 1 | 29.99 km2 (11.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 289 |
| • Density | 9.64/km2 (25.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 15340 |
| Elevation | 294–663 m (965–2,175 ft) (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Mourjou (French pronunciation: [muʁʒu]; Languedocien: Morjon, or Morjó) is a former commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Puycapel.[2] A chestnut fair is held annually during the third weekend of October.
The village is home to the Maison de la Chataigne, a museum dedicated to the chestnut: its history, its cultivation and harvesting, and its consumption. It is open from June to September every day of the week in the afternoon, except Monday.
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- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 12 December 2018 (in French)
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