Montsaunès

Montsaunès
Commune

Coat of arms
Montsaunès
Location within Occitanie region
Montsaunès
Coordinates: 43°06′44″N 0°56′15″E / 43.1122°N 0.9375°E / 43.1122; 0.9375Coordinates: 43°06′44″N 0°56′15″E / 43.1122°N 0.9375°E / 43.1122; 0.9375
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement Saint-Gaudens
Canton Bagnères-de-Luchon
Intercommunality Salies-du-Salat
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Maryse Mourlan
Area1 9.12 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 403
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 31391 /31260
Elevation 285–411 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Montsaunès is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962360    
1968371+3.1%
1975385+3.8%
1982402+4.4%
1990362−10.0%
1999379+4.7%
2008403+6.3%

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

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