Montardite

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Montardite
Montardit (France)
Montardite
region Occitania
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Saint-Girons
Canton Portes du Couserans
Community association Couserans-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 8 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  E
height 340-564 m
surface 7.26 km 2
Residents 190 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 09230
INSEE code 09198

Montardit ( Occitan : same name) is a French commune with 190 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons , to the community association of Couserans-Pyrénées and to the canton of Portes du Couserans (until 2015: Canton of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre ). The inhabitants are called Ardimontans / Ardimontanes .

geography

Montardit is located around 63 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Toulouse in the west of the Ariège department. The community consists of the village of Montardit, located on a hill, numerous hamlets and scattered settlements as well as individual farms. The river Volp crosses the municipality in a northerly direction and in parts forms the municipality boundary. Montardit is located within the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park . Large parts of the community are forested. In terms of traffic, the municipality is a few kilometers from the D117 (from Foix to Tarbes).

Montardit is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mérigon in the north and northeast, Contrazy in the east and southeast, Montjoie-en-Couserans in the south, Gajan in the southwest and Lasserre in the west.

history

The discovery of a coin from Roman times proves an early settlement. The community itself was founded as a bastide in 1195. Until 1576 it was owned equally by the Bishop of Toulouse and the Count of Foix. It suffered severe devastation in the Wars of Religion in 1569. In the Middle Ages, the place was within the province of Couserans, which in turn was part of the province of Gascony. The parish was part of the Saint-Girons district from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Montardit was from 1793 to 2015 within the canton of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre . The parish has been assigned to the Arrondissement of Saint-Girons since 1801. The municipality has existed in its current size since 1888. At that time, part of the municipality was split off and incorporated into the new municipality of Lasserre .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1836 1851 1886 1891 1911 1921 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 702 662 872 828 658 509 470 334 224 202 198 163 135 145 178 191
Sources: Cassini and INSEE; until 1886 old municipal area

Attractions

  • Saint-Eutrope Church (also called Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)
  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Goutte chapel (also la Grande Molle), built by a priest between 1968 and 1993
  • Gate at the eastern entrance to the village
  • Memorial to the Fallen
  • several wayside crosses
  • More Attractions

Web links

Commons : Montardit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the origins of the community and some pictures
  2. ↑ numerous pictures of the chapel
  3. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen
  4. ↑ Description in Palissy (French)