Montréjeau

Montréjeau
Montréjeau
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Montréjeau
Intercommunality	Nebouzan-Rivière-Verdun
Mayor	Éric Miquel (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	409–543 m (1,342–1,781 ft) (avg. 455 m/1,493 ft)
Land area1	8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population2	2,738  (2008)
- Density	333 /km2 (860 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	31390/ 31210
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.

Coordinates: 43°05′09″N 0°34′11″E / 43.0858333333°N 0.569722222222°E / 43.0858333333; 0.569722222222

Montréjeau (Occitan: Montrejau) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

History

Montréjeau was the site of one of the French Revolution's last pitched battles between republicans and royalists. In the summer of 1799, anti-revolutionary insurrection broke out in the Haute-Garonne. For a brief time it flourished, even threatening the city of Toulouse. The Directory reacted swiftly, ordering in troops which decisively defeated the rebels at Montréjeau on 1 Fructidor Year VII (18 August 1799).^[1]

Population

Historical population of Montréjeau

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
3149	3700	3473	3161	2857	2577	2738

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Soboul, Albert (1975). The French Revolution 1787–1799. New York: Vintage. pp. 538–539. ISBN 039471220X.