Mont-de-Marrast

Mont-de-Marrast ; Lo Mont de Marrast
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Mirande-Astarac
Community association	Astarac Arros en Gascogne
Coordinates	43 ° 23 ' N , 0 ° 22' E Coordinates: 43 ° 23 ' N , 0 ° 22' E
height	191-304 m
surface	7.00 km 2
Residents	111 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32170
INSEE code	32281

Mont-de-Marrast ( Gascon : Lo Mont de Marrast) is a French commune with 111 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (until 2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Mirande and the municipality of Astarac Arros en Gascogne . The residents call themselves Montois / Montoises .

geography

Mont-de-Marrast is located around 15 kilometers south-southwest of Mirande and 29 kilometers northeast of Tarbes in the south of the Gers department. The community consists of hamlets, numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads.

Neighboring communities are Sainte-Dode in the north, Montaut in the northeast, Barcugnan in the east, Manas-Bastanous in the southeast and south, Sarraguzan in the southwest and Sadeillan in the west and northwest.

history

In the Middle Ages, the community was in the Kastlanei Moncassin of the county of Astarac in the historic Gascon region and shared its fate. Mont-de-Marrast belonged to the Mirande district from 1793 to 1801. The municipality has been part of the Mirande arrondissement since 1801 and belonged to the Miélan canton from 1793 to 2015 .

Population development

The population development is typical for a French rural community. The developments between 1793 and 1841 with growth and the first wave of emigration up to 1881 are normal. In the following five years the population rose sharply, followed by a second wave of emigration up to 2006. In recent years the population has grown again significantly.

year	1793	1841	1881	1886	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	300	482	297	610	173	149	121	100	100	102	90	108	111
Sources: Cassini and INSEE