Montaut, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Montaut (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃to]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[3]

Montaut
Commune
Location of Montaut
Montaut is located in France
Montaut
Montaut
Montaut is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montaut
Montaut
Coordinates: 43°08′N 0°11′W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonVallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Caperet[1]
Area
1
15.41 km2 (5.95 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,109
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64400 /64800
Elevation278–553 m (912–1,814 ft)
(avg. 315 m or 1,033 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Location

Montaut is situated at the east of the department, 25 km south-east of Pau. The commune is bordering the department of Hautes-Pyrénées.

Access

The commune is served by departmental roads 212, 812 and 937 and Line 0535 of the regional buses in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[4] Montaut-Bétharram station has rail connections to Tarbes, Pau, Bordeaux and Bayonne.

Hydrography

The lands of the commune are watered by the Gave of Pau, tributary of the Adour, and by its tributaries, the stream of Siot (fed on Montaut by the streams of the Uchas and Bignes) and the Mouscle, itself joined on the commune by the stream, the Mousclère.

Places and Hamlets
  • Annette
  • Loustau
  • Pasquine
  • Village
  • Hameau d'en Bas
  • Hameau d'en Haut
  • Content
  • Sarusse

Toponymy

The toponym Montaut appears in the forms Mont-Altus and the bastide of Montaut (12835[5] and the 14th century respectively, titles of Béarn[6]) and Montaud (15355,[5] reformation of Béarn[7]).

Its Bearnese name is Montaut[8] or Mountaut.[9]

History

Montaut is a former bastide founded in 1327[5] by Marguerite de Moncade, the grandmother of Gaston III de Foix-Béarn. The original Bastidian plan still includes the remains of its past.

See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montaut (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. (in French) "Horaires des lignes du réseau Cars Régionaux 64 - Pyrénées Atlantiques". modalis.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. Paul Raymond (archiviste)|Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
  6. Titres de la vicomté de Béarn - Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  7. Réformation de Béarn. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. Ostau Bearnes. "Toponymie des communes béarnaises selon la graphie classique" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2019..
  9. Institut béarnais et gascon. "Toponymie des communes béarnaises selon la graphie moderne" (PDF). Retrieved 26 January 2019..


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