MassiacMassiac is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.PopulationLocal historyIn the 17th century, Massiac was ruled by the feudal lord Gaspard d'Espinchal, a notorious murderer, kidnapper, and nobleman who was pursued and prosecuted by the Riom Court of Justice during the 1665-6 "Grands Jours", a national inquest into criminality in the Auvergne highlands. Historians have described him as a "real-life Dracula."