the first members of the Académie française. Abel Beaufrère Alfred Durand (-1947), Professor of Geography at the Aurillac school, author of , thesis, 1946, Clermont-Ferrand, 530 p. (reprint Créér), Aurillac, géographie urbaine, 1948, 254 pp. Marcel Grosdidier de Matons (1885-1945), Professor of Geography at the Aurillac school, author of (RHA), Maxime Real del Sarte and Jean de Barrau did their military service at Aurillac Pierre Wirth (1921-2003), Professor at Aurillac school, author of Aurillac, 1973, , 1973, Le Guide du Cantal, 1994Joseph Malègue' (1876-1940), Much of his novel of 900 pages, , takes place mainly in Aurillac: Under the table of Augustin is life in a prefecture of the province, which is actually Aurillac. See also Communes of the Cantal department Notes References Bibliography Alfred Durand, Aurillac, Urban Geography'', 1948, 254 pp. External links Aurillac Official website 36 Hours Festival Aurillac on the 1750 Cassini Map Communes of Cantal Prefectures in France Auvergne