Montégut-Plantaurel
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Montégut-Plantaurel Montagut de Plantaurèl |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Ariège | |
| Arrondissement | Foix | |
| Canton | Val d'Ariège | |
| Community association | Pays Foix-Varilhes | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 307-630 m | |
| surface | 18.95 km 2 | |
| Residents | 335 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 09000 | |
| INSEE code | 09202 | |
 Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption village church |
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Montégut-Plantaurel ( Occitan : Montagut de Plantaurèl ) is a French commune with 335 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Foix , the municipality association Pays Foix-Varilhes and the canton Val d'Ariège (until 2015: canton Varilhes ). The inhabitants are called Montagutains / Montagutaines .
geography
Montégut-Plantaurel is located around 60 kilometers south of the city of Toulouse in the north of the Ariège department, southwest of the small town of Pamiers . The community consists of numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farmsteads. The municipality is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Montégut-Plantaurel is also located in the Massif du Plantaurel in the Pre-Pyrenees (French: Piémont pyrénéen ). Large parts of the community are forested. Several hamlets in the municipality are located on the Ruisseau de Roziès stream . The D919 is the most important road in the municipality in terms of traffic. The N20 from Paris to Spain passes a few kilometers east of the municipality.
Montégut-Plantaurel is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Madière in the north-west and north, Saint-Victor-Rouzaud in the east, Cazaux in the south-east, Aigues-Juntes and Gabre in the south-west, Pailhès in the west and Monesple in the north-west.
history
The place was first mentioned in a deed of donation by two noblemen to Count Roger-Bernard I of Foix in 1170. The count then had a castle built. On the instructions of Cardinal Richelieu , the castle was razed in 1625. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Foix , which was a crown domain of the King of France from 1607 until the French Revolution . From 1793 to 1801 the community belonged to the Tarascon district. In addition, Montégut-Plantaurel was within the canton of Foix from 1793 to 1984 and within the canton of Varilhes from 1984 to 2015 . The parish was from 1801 to 1926 and has been reassigned to the Arrondissement of Pamiers since 1942. Between 1926 and 1942 it was part of the Foix arrondissement. The municipality as it is today was created between 1790 and 1794 through the union of the municipalities of Cubières , Fourniols , Lafage , La Rivière and Montegut . It received its current name on October 25, 1921. Before (since 1793) its name was Montégut de Varilhes. During the Second World War, the uninhabited de la Hille Castle was a home of the Swiss Red Cross for Jewish children.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1836 | 1872 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 680 | 619 | 864 | 841 | 484 | 391 | 231 | 210 | 171 | 179 | 253 | 267 | 311 | 339 |
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Attractions
- Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (originally Saint-Sernin) from the 19th century in the hamlet Sabarthes
- Château de la Hille Castle , children's home for Jewish children during World War II
- Ruins of the Château de Montégut
- Sculpture L'Archétype-Agora by the artist Christian Louis
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
- three wayside crosses
Web links
- Information about Montégut-Plantaurel at cassini.ehess.fr
- Location of the place in France
- Montégut-Plantaurel on the IGN website
- Photos of the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
- Portrait and landmarks of the community
Individual evidence