Montréal, Gers

Montréal (historically, Montréal-du-Gers; Gascon: Montrejau de Gers) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Montréal
Commune
The town hall in Montréal
Coat of arms
Location of Montréal
Montréal Montréal
Coordinates: 43°57′00″N 0°12′01″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Armagnac-Ténarèze
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Bezerra
Area ^1	63.05 km^2 (24.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,168
• Density	19/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32290 /32250
Elevation	73–183 m (240–600 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is situated in the Gers but close to the borders with Lot-et-Garonne and Landes. It is built on a promontory on the right bank of the river Auzoue.

Montréal and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,893	—
1968	1,714	−9.5%
1975	1,493	−12.9%
1982	1,326	−11.2%
1990	1,221	−7.9%
1999	1,238	+1.4%
2008	1,269	+2.5%

The inhabitants are called Montréalais.

Sights

In the neighbourhood are numerous old castles, medieval walled villages, small towns built around castles and many "sacred" places because the Via Podiensis and the Way of St. James of Compostela which pass through Montréal.

• In the village
  • The Roman Gaul villa at Séviac.
  • The medieval bastide.
• In the surroundings
  • The bastide of Bretagne-d'Armagnac.
  • The Bastide Gasconne of Fourcès.
  • The city of Eauze and its Roman treasure.
  • The fortified village of Larressingle.
  • The museum of D'Artagnan in Lupiac.
  • The Spa of Barbotan-les-Thermes in Cazaubon.
  • The paleontological site discovered in 1987 near Béon hamlet (on the D113 road toward Gondrin, south-east of the village), of international interest[2] - 4 previously unknown species have been discovered there, and a skull from a Palaeomeryx among many other animal parts.[3]

International relations

Montréal is twinned with Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France.

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

• Official website of Montréal

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. (in French) Sansan - Musées, sites et collections paléontologiques. Dans La lettre de l'OCIM, mai - juin 2013.
3. (in French) Découverte touristique de Montréal-du-Gers sur sejour-touristique.com.