Montesquiou
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Montesquiou Montesquiu |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Pardiac-Rivière-Basse | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 35 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ E | |
| surface | 46.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 581 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32160 | |
| INSEE code | 32285 | |
| Website | http://www.montesquiou.info/ | |
_Mairie.JPG) Montesquiou Town Hall |
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Montesquiou (also: Montesquiou-d'Armagnac , gaskognisch : Montesquiu ) is a French commune with 581 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Mirande , is part of the canton Pardiac-Rivière-Basse and was the capital of the canton Montesquiou until 2015 . The inhabitants are called Montesquivais .
geography
Montesquiou is about 20 kilometers west-southwest of Auch on the river Osse . Montesquiou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Castelnau-d'Anglès in the north and north-west, Saint-Arailles in the north, Mirannes in the north-east, L'Isle-de-Noé in the east, Estipouy in the east and south-east, Mirande in the south-east, Monclar-sur- Losse and Pouylebon in the south and Bassoues in the west.
Montesquiou is located on the Via Tolosana , one of the four historical " Routes of the St. James pilgrims in France ".
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 752 | 645 | 605 | 604 | 579 | 570 | 586 | 581 |
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Personalities
- Jean Lacave-Laplagne (1795–1849), Clerk at the Court of Auditors, Minister of Finance (1837, 1839, 1840)
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church from the 11th century
- Old gate from the 13th century
Community partnerships
There have been partnerships with the French municipality of Roclincourt in the Pas-de-Calais department since 1999 and the Spanish municipality of Montesquiu in Catalonia.
