Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃teɡy loʁaɡɛ]; Occitan: Montagut de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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Coordinates: 43°28′47″N 1°55′26″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Haute-Garonne |
Arrondissement | Toulouse |
Canton | Revel |
Intercommunality | Lauragais-Revel-Sorèzois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Barbaste[1] |
Area 1 | 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi) |
Population | 418 |
• Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 31371 /31540 |
Elevation | 188–258 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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 262 | — |
1968 | 296 | +13.0% |
1975 | 316 | +6.8% |
1982 | 342 | +8.2% |
1990 | 342 | +0.0% |
1999 | 360 | +5.3% |
2008 | 455 | +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.
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Les enfants sans Ombres. A movie by Bernard Balteau, RTBF-Dérives, 2009.
- Un enfant sans ombre, parcours d'une vie. Shaul Harel, 2018, 455pp.
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