Montner
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 45 ′ N , 2 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 89-500 m | |
| surface | 10.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 348 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66720 | |
| INSEE code | 66118 | |
| Website | Montner | |
 Montner - View of the town with Pic de Bugarach |
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Montner ( identical in Catalan ) is a place and a municipality in southern France with 348 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region in the Fenouillèdes landscape .
location
The place Montner is at an altitude of about 100 to 130 m above sea level. d. M. in the north-eastern foothills of the Pyrenees and is about 28 kilometers (driving distance) in a north-westerly direction from Perpignan .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1975 | 1999 | 2012 |
| Residents | 132 | 276 | 429 | 354 | 247 | 244 | 311 |
The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the loss of jobs due to the mechanization of agriculture led to a steady decline in the population in the 20th century.
economy
Traditionally, the residents lived as self-sufficient food from their (wine) fields and from a little cattle-raising (sheep, goats, chickens). The wines produced in the municipality today are marketed through various appellations . Since the middle of the 20th century, there has been income from tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ).
history
Celts , Romans and Visigoths left no traces on the municipality. The first mention of a St. The parish church dedicated to James dates from 1344; the saint appears as a pilgrim and with a shell in the local coat of arms. The Fenouillèdes was formerly part of the Languedoc province , but was integrated into the Pyrénées-Orientales department during the French Revolution .
Attractions
- The parish church of Saint-Jacques is a single-nave building from the 17th / 18th centuries. Century; its facade, designed in simple baroque forms, has been recognized as a monument historique since 1993 . In the middle behind the main altar is the figure of St. To see James; the two female figures at his side are the hll. Eugenia of Catalonia and Teresa of Ávila .
Surroundings
- The vineyards in the vicinity of the place invite you to go for a walk.
- The view from the summit of Força Réal , about 8 km southeast, is impressive.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Église Saint-Jacques, Montner in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)