Montréjeau
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
Canton | Saint-Gaudens | |
Community association | Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 5 ' N , 0 ° 34' E | |
height | 409-543 m | |
surface | 8.21 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,796 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 341 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 31210 | |
INSEE code | 31390 | |
Website | http://www.montrejeau-pyrenees.com/ |
Montréjeau is a French commune with 2,796 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens and the canton of Saint-Gaudens . The inhabitants call themselves Montréjeaulais .
geography
Montréjeau lies in the Comminges landscape on the Garonne , into which the Neste tributary flows. Montréjeau is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Toureilles in the north, Ausson in the east, Gourdan-Polignan in the southeast, Mazères-de-Neste in the southwest, Saint-Paul in the west and Cuguron in the northwest.
The A64 autoroute and the former Routes nationales 117 , 125 , 633 and 638 run through the municipality .
history
Montréjeau is a bastide that was built by Philip III in 1272 . Founded. On 1st Fructidor VII (August 18, 1799) the last royalist uprising was suppressed here by the troops of the revolutionary directory .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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3.149 | 3,700 | 3,473 | 3,161 | 2,857 | 2,577 | 2,706 | 2,834 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Montréjeau
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 13th century, rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Sainte-Germaine Chapel
- Seminarians chapel
- Valmirande Castle with park, built for Bertrand de Lassus at the end of the 19th century, monument historique since 1992
- Hôtel de Lassus from the 18th century, Monument historique, with orangery
- 19th century Hôtel Le Parc, Monument historique
- Market hall, Monument historique
- Bridge over the former Route Nationale 125, built at the end of the 18th century, Monument historique
Personalities
- Pierre de Pelleport (1773–1855), division general
- Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué (1836–1924), architectural photographer
- Bernard Minier (* 1960), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1057-1061.