Montréal-les-Sources
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Montréal-les-Sources Montreal |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Drôme | |
| Arrondissement | Nyons | |
| Canton | Nyons et Baronnies | |
| Community association | Baronnies en Drôme Provençale | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 24 ' N , 5 ° 18' E | |
| height | 427-1,301 m | |
| surface | 10.26 km 2 | |
| Residents | 23 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 26510 | |
| INSEE code | 26209 | |
 Mairie Montréal-les-Sources |
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Montréal-les-Sources ( Occitan : Montreal ) is a place and a community with 23 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Drôme in the southern French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Montréal-les-Sources was classified as a Village fleuri in 2014 ; Since 2015 the place belongs to the " Parc naturel régional des Baronnies Provençales ".
location
The place Montréal-les-Sources is located on a hill above the valley of the Eygues in the southwest of the Département Drôme, near the border with the Département Vaucluse at an altitude of about 600 m above sea level. d. M .; the next larger city, Nyons , is approx. 21 km (driving distance) to the southwest.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 211 | 210 | 133 | 42 | 22nd | 23 |
The population decline in the first half of the 20th century is mainly due to the remote location of the place and the loss of jobs as a result of the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture .
economy
The inhabitants of the place lived for centuries as a self-sufficiency from agriculture (agriculture and cattle breeding). Wine was also grown; the place still has the right to market its grapes through the Appellations Comtés Rhodaniens , Coteaux des Baronnies , Mediterranée and Drôme ; Although there are still numerous vineyards in the vicinity of the village, there are no longer any vintners in the village. Growing olives, apricots, cherries and apples is also important. Since the last decades of the 20th century, tourism has played an important role in the economic life of the place in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) .
history
In 1948 a well-preserved Roman funerary inscription was found that mentions a certain LUCIUS VALERIUS COMETIUS, a veteran of the VIII Augusta Legion . The epitaph is now kept in the castle in the neighboring village of Sahune .
In the High Middle Ages, Montréal belonged to the baronnies , who were then legally part of the Holy Roman Empire ; in the 14th century the region fell to the French Dauphin , who gave it to the lords of Les Baux as a fief.
Attractions
- The small parish church is - with the exception of the corner stones - built of uncut rubble stones , the simple bell gable ( clocher mur ) is plastered.
- At one house there is a spring with a wash house ( lavoir ) built in the 19th century .
- outside
- The Saint-Julien chapel, located about a kilometer outside the village, already existed in the 11th century. However, only the apse remains from the original building ; the nave was later renewed.
Web links
- Montréal-les-Sources - Photos + Facts (French)
- Montréal-les-Sources and Sahune - photos + short information (French)