Montégut-Plantaurel

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Montégut-Plantaurel
Commune
The church in Montégut-Plantaurel
Location of Montégut-Plantaurel
(2020–2026)		Sylvie Estrade^[1]
Area ¹	18.95 km² (7.32 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	327
• Density	17/km² (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09202 /09120
Elevation	307–630 m (1,007–2,067 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.

Montégut-Plantaurel (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛɡy plɑ̃toʁɛl]; Occitan: Montagut de Plantaurèl) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Geography

The Lèze flows through the northwestern part of the commune.

History

The Chateau de La Hille, was home to Jewish refugee children during the early 1940s.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	189	—
1968	210	+11.1%
1975	171	−18.6%
1982	179	+4.7%
1990	253	+41.3%
1999	267	+5.5%
2008	320	+19.9%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Les enfant du château de La Hille, Sebastian Steiger, Brunnen Verlag, Basel, ISBN 3765577219 (in French)