Sancti Hilari de Capoleg, former(ancient) name of Saint-Chély of Apcher " Saint-Chély " is a local deformation of Saint-Hilaire or Hilarious. The village of Saint-Chély arose from a religious foundation bound(connected) to Hilarius, who was a bishop of the Gévaudan in the Merovingian period.
Capoleg, the former(ancient) name of Chapouillet, would want to say(mean) " water which pours some stone ": the "pêchau" (place where we fish), situated between the city and the station, was a pond. His(her,its) restraint was provoked by a natural stony pile where from passed by the water of the river which took the name of " capoleg ", today Chapouillet.
Apcher, formerly Apchier, would be formed by two words: "Aps" who would want to say "castle" and "to shit" who would mean " stony mass of fallen rocks ". We can thus see in Apchier the " castle on stones "or" castle in stony mass of fallen rocks " or still " castle in ruins ".
Saint-Chély of Apcher thus holds his(her,its) name of the Patron saint of its parish, Hilaire, and of his(her,its) baron
During the Revolution, Saint-Chély of Apcher was called Free Rock, then Saint-Chély Ville, and again Saint-Chély of Apcher in 1851.
Extract of the book " St Chély d' Apcher, his History(Story) "