Monclar-de-Quercy

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Monclar-de-Quercy
Coat of arms of Monclar-de-Quercy
Monclar-de-Quercy (France)
Monclar-de-Quercy
region Occitania
Department Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Montauban
Canton Tarn-Tescou-Quercy vert
Community association Quercy Vert-Aveyron
Coordinates 43 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  E
height 133-247 m
surface 37.75 km 2
Residents 1,993 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 53 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 82230
INSEE code
Website http://www.monclar-de-quercy.fr/

Monclar-de-Quercy is a southern French municipality with 1993 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitania region . Monclar-de-Quercy belongs to the arrondissement of Montauban and the canton of Tarn-Tescou-Quercy vert (until 2015: canton of Monclar-de-Quercy ). The inhabitants are called Monclarais .

location

Monclar-de-Quercy is located about 19 kilometers east-southeast of Montauban in the Quercy . The Lac de Raby lies in the municipal area and the Tescounet River runs along the southern municipal boundary . Monclar-de-Quercy is surrounded by the neighboring communities Vaïssac in the north, Puygaillard-de-Quercy in the north-east, Puycelsi in the east, La Sauzière-Saint-Jean in the east and south-east, Montdurausse in the south, La Salvetat-Belmontet in the west and south-west as well Génébrières to the west and north-west.

history

587 the place is mentioned for the first time in the Treaty of Andelot . Monclar-de-Quercy is a bastide that was founded in the 13th century.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1.107 1,153 949 980 1,086 1,265 1,445 1,881
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Web links

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