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Montégut-Lauragais

Montégut-Lauragais
A general view of Montégut-Lauragais
A general view of Montégut-Lauragais
Coat of arms of Montégut-Lauragais
Location of Montégut-Lauragais
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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 / 43.4797°N 1.9239°E / 43.4797; 1.9239
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonRevel
IntercommunalityLauragais-Revel-Sorèzois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Barbaste[1]
Area
1
7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
414
 • 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.

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

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 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  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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