Montfort-en-Chalosse

Montfort-en-Chalosse (French pronunciation: ​[mɔ̃fɔʁ‿ɑ̃ ʃalɔs], literally Montfort in Chalosse) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Montfort-en-Chalosse
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Montfort-en-Chalosse
Montfort-en-Chalosse Montfort-en-Chalosse
Coordinates: 43°42′42″N 0°50′12″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Coteau de Chalosse
Intercommunality	Montfort-en-Chalosse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Eric Sarrès
Area ^1	11.57 km^2 (4.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	1,177
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40194 /40380
Elevation	26–108 m (85–354 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,552	—
1806	1,574	+1.4%
1821	1,575	+0.1%
1831	1,727	+9.7%
1841	1,644	−4.8%
1851	1,681	+2.3%
1861	1,634	−2.8%
1872	1,657	+1.4%
1881	1,630	−1.6%
1891	1,513	−7.2%
1901	1,421	−6.1%
1911	1,386	−2.5%
1921	1,259	−9.2%
1931	1,230	−2.3%
1946	1,126	−8.5%
1954	1,227	+9.0%
1962	1,157	−5.7%
1968	1,114	−3.7%
1975	1,017	−8.7%
1962	1,031	+1.4%
1990	1,116	+8.2%
1999	1,210	+8.4%
2008	1,145	−5.4%
2013	1,161	+1.4%

Politics

Between 2001 and 2014, Françoise Dartigue-Peyrou was the mayor.

Christian Bouet was a town councillor until 2014. He had 7 terms for 43 years, a record in Montfort-en-Chalosse.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

Gallery

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  Example of a maison capcazalière in Montfort-en-Chalosse