Andelat (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dla]; Occitan: Andelac) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.

A railway line passes through the commune from Saint-Flour in the south east and continuing to the north.

The river Ander flows through the commune from west to east just south of the village and continues south-west to join the Truyère near Anglards-de-Saint-Flour.

[3] [3] Andelat was chosen by King John to be, since 1360, the seat of the Bailiwick of the Auvergne Mountains.

The magistrates found that the village was unworthy of their offices and made it a traveling seat holding hearings in rented rooms at Chaudes-Aigues and Roffiac, and sometimes at the royal castle at Bredon, now in ruins, in the current commune of Albepierre-Bredons.