Montégut-Lauragais

Montégut-Lauragais (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃teɡy loʁaɡɛ]; Occitan: Montagut de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Montégut-Lauragais
A general view of Montégut-Lauragais
A general view of Montégut-Lauragais
Coat of arms of Montégut-Lauragais
Location of Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais is located in France
Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais is located in Occitanie
Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais
Coordinates: 43°28′47″N 1°55′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonRevel
IntercommunalityLauragais-Revel-Sorèzois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Philippe Barbaste[1]
Area
1
7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
418
  Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31371 /31540
Elevation188–258 m (617–846 ft)
(avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962262    
1968296+13.0%
1975316+6.8%
1982342+8.2%
1990342+0.0%
1999360+5.3%
2008455+26.4%

Notable people

  • Pierre Duèze, Lord of Montbrun, (1244-1326)
  • Shaul Harel, (1937- ) Neuropediatrician in Tel-Aviv, past-president of the Child Neurology Society. He and his family were hosted by the inhabitants and the local Authority and they lived in the village presbytery during the World-War II exodus (May–October 1940).[3] His name by then was Charlie Hilsberg.[4] As he and his family went back to Brussels thereafter, he survived war with the help of the Comité de Défense des Juifs and notably to Andrée Geulen-Herscovici, an active resistant.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Les enfants sans Ombres. A movie by Bernard Balteau, RTBF-Dérives, 2009.
  4. Un enfant sans ombre, parcours d'une vie. Shaul Harel, 2018, 455pp.


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