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Montréjeau
Montrejau (
Occitan) | |
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Coordinates: 43°05′09″N 0°34′11″E / 43.0858°N 0.5697°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Haute-Garonne |
Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens |
Canton | Saint-Gaudens |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Miquel [1] |
Area 1 | 8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 2,700 |
• Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
31390 /31210 |
Elevation | 409–543 m (1,342–1,781 ft) (avg. 455 m or 1,493 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Montréjeau (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʁeʒo]; [3] Gascon: Montrejau) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Montréjeau-Gourdan-Polignan station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau, Bayonne and Tarbes.
Montréjeau was the site of one of the French Revolution's last pitched battles between republicans and royalists. In the summer of 1799, anti-revolutionary insurrection broke out in the Haute-Garonne. For a brief time it flourished, even threatening the city of Toulouse. The Directory reacted swiftly, ordering in troops which decisively defeated the rebels at Montréjeau on 1 Fructidor Year VII (18 August 1799). [4]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,700 | — |
1975 | 3,473 | −0.90% |
1982 | 3,161 | −1.34% |
1990 | 2,857 | −1.26% |
1999 | 2,577 | −1.14% |
2007 | 2,722 | +0.69% |
2012 | 2,834 | +0.81% |
2017 | 2,796 | −0.27% |
Source: INSEE [5] |