Montescot
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Ceret | |
| Canton | La Plaine d'Illibéris | |
| Community association | South Roussillon | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 36 ' N , 2 ° 56' E | |
| height | 16-40 m | |
| surface | 6.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,712 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 284 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66200 | |
| INSEE code | 66114 | |
| Website | http://www.montescot.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Montescot |
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Montescot is a town and municipality in the south of France with 1,712 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in what is now the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Céret and the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris (until 2015: canton of Elne ). The inhabitants are called Montescotois .
location
Montescot is located about ten kilometers south-southeast of Perpignan in the old cultural landscape of Roussillon . The Agulla de la Mar (or Agouille de la Mar ) runs through the municipality to the Mediterranean Sea, the coast of which is nine kilometers to the east. Montescot is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho in the north, Corneilla-del-Vercol in the east, Elne in the south and south-east, Bages in the west and Pollestres in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 75 | 139 | 296 | 234 | 214 | 221 | 471 | 612 | 1,128 | 1,375 | 1,559 | 1,712 |
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Attractions
- Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie
