Montaut (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

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Montaut
Montaut (France)
Montaut
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Vallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin
Community association Pays de Nay
Coordinates 43 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 12 ′  W
height 278-553 m
surface 15.41 km 2
Residents 1,110 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 72 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64800
INSEE code
Website http://www.montaut64.fr/

Montaut is a French commune with 1,110 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Vallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin (until 2015: canton of Nay-Est ). The inhabitants are called Altimontains .

geography

Montaut is located about 22 kilometers southeast of Pau on the Gave de Pau river , which forms the western boundary of the municipality. Montaut is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Coarraze in the north and north-west, Saint-Vincent in the north and north-east, Lourdes in the east, Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre in the south and south-east, Lestelle-Bétharram in the west and south-west and Igon in the north-west.

history

The Bastide of Montaut was founded in 1327 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 912 1,034 1,038 1,032 986 967 1.011 1,158
Source: Cassini and INSEE

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