Montpezat (Lot-et-Garonne)
Montpezat Montpesat |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Agen | |
Canton | Le Confluent | |
Community association | Confluent et Coteaux de Prayssas | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 21 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ E | |
height | 37-200 m | |
surface | 24.19 km 2 | |
Residents | 559 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 47360 | |
INSEE code | 47190 | |
Town hall (Mairie) of Montpezat |
Montpezat (also: Montpezat-d'Agenais ; Occitan : Montpesat ) is a French municipality with 559 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Montpezat is located in the Agen arrondissement and belongs to the canton of Le Confluent (until 2015: canton of Prayssas ). The inhabitants are called Montpezatais .
geography
Montpezat is about 20 kilometers north-northwest of Agen . Montpezat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Temple-sur-Lot in the north, Dolmayrac in the east, Cours in the east and south-east, Prayssas in the south and south-west, Lacépède in the south-west, Saint-Sardos in the west and Granges-sur-Lot in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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Residents | 815 | 787 | 588 | 600 | 611 | 595 | 584 | 559 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Church of Saint-Jean in Balerme from the 11th century, renovations from the 15th century, monument historique since 1927
- Notre-Dame church in Montpezat
- Windmill
- Remains of the Cistercian monastery of Pérignac , founded in 1150, dissolved in 1791
Personalities
- Félix Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (1821–1901), physiologist and zoologist
Web links
Commons : Montpezat - collection of images, videos and audio files