Montfa (Tarn)

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Montfa
Montfan
Montfa Coat of Arms
Montfa (France)
Montfa
region Occitania
Department Camouflage
Arrondissement Castres
Canton Castres-2
Community association Sidobre Vals et Plateaux
Coordinates 43 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  E
height 214-390 m
surface 10.69 km 2
Residents 488 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 81210
INSEE code
Website http://www.cdg09.fr/MONTFA.html

Montfa is a municipality in the south of France with 488 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region . Burlats belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and is part of the canton of Castres-2 (until 2015: canton of Roquecourbe ).

geography

Montfa is located in the Haut-Languedoc, about 64 kilometers east-northeast of Toulouse and about ten kilometers north of Castres . The Bagas River has its source here and its tributary Poulobre limits the municipality to the south. Montfa is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Montredon-Labessonnié in the north and east, Saint-Jean-de-Vals in the east and south-east, Saint-Germier in the south, Montpinier in the south-west, Peyregoux in the west and Vénès in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 258 239 228 251 278 283 333 437
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Eugène Chapel from 1525
  • Toulouse-Lautrec Castle

Web links

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