Murat, Cantal

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Murat
Commune
The church and surrounding buildings, in Murat
Coat of arms
Location of Murat
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Coordinates: 45°06′38″N 2°52′10″E / 45.1106°N 2.8694°E / 45.1106; 2.8694
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Canton	Murat
Intercommunality	Hautes Terres Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Chabrier[1]
Area 1	20.26 km2 (7.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,792
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15138 /15300
Elevation	868–1,163 m (2,848–3,816 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Murat (French pronunciation: [myʁa]) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Chastel-sur-Murat was merged into Murat.^[3] Murat is the administrative seat of this new commune.