Montsaunès

Montsaunès (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃sonɛs]; Occitan: Montsaunèrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.

Montsaunès
The church in Montsaunès
Location of Montsaunès
Montsaunès
Montsaunès
Coordinates: 43°06′44″N 0°56′15″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementSaint-Gaudens
CantonBagnères-de-Luchon
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Maryse Mourlan
Area
1
9.12 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
453
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31391 /31260
Elevation285–411 m (935–1,348 ft)
(avg. 325 m or 1,066 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.±%
1962360    
1968371+3.1%
1975385+3.8%
1982402+4.4%
1990362−10.0%
1999379+4.7%
2008403+6.3%
2018448+11.2%

The Templar chapel of St Christophe features in the 2013 crypto-thriller The Sword of Moses by Dominic Selwood.

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