Editing Cantal (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Aubrac Cows on the Plomb du Cantal.jpg|thumb|[[Aubrac cattle]] on the [[Plomb du Cantal]]]]
The climate being generally too cool and damp for grain, much of Cantal is given over to [[pasture]] for [[Aubrac cattle|Aubrac]] and [[Salers (cattle)|Salers]] cattle, sheep, and, formerly, horses. This in turn supports a dairy industry responsible for butter and Roquefort cheese{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} and the [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée|appellation-controlled]] cheeses [[Cantal cheese|Cantal]], [[Salers cheese|Salers]], and [[Bleu d'Auvergne]]. Cantal is the French department with the greatest number of appellation-controlled cheeses,<ref>{{citation |contribution-url=http://www.cantaltourisme.fr/cantal-specialites/specialites-cantal.html |contribution=Specialities |title=Cantal Tourisme |language=fr |access-date=17 July 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121130457/http://www.cantaltourisme.fr/cantal-specialites/specialites-cantal.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> although proper Roquefort is now restricted to cheese produced in the [[Aveyron]] department. The region's mineral products include coal, copper, lead, iron, [[antimony]], [[granite]], [[slate]]{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} and [[lime (material)|lime]],{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} but the department's isolation and poor infrastructure long precluded their exploitation.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} Before the [[First World War]], the primary exports were livestock, cheese, butter, and coal and the main imports were coal, wine, grain, flour, and pottery. By then, it had been connected to both the [[Orleans Railway|Orleans]] and [[Southern Railway (France)|Midi]] [[history of rail transport in France|railways]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}

Traditionally, many Cantalians roamed France during the year plying humble trades{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} but now the area's relative lack of industry and development permits tourism. An area has been set aside as the Auvergne Volcanos Regional Park (''{{lang|fr|Parc Regional des Volcans d’Auvergne}}'').