Montbenoît

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Coordinates: 46°59′37″N 6°27′46″E / 46.9936111111, 6.46277777778

Commune of Montbenoît
Location
Montbenoît (France)
Montbenoît
Administration
Country France
Region Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Pontarlier
Canton Montbenoît (chief town)
Intercommunality CdC du Canton de Montbenoît
Mayor Frédéric Bourdin
Statistics
Elevation 762 m–1,125 m
(avg. 790 m)
Land area¹ 5.03 km²
Population²
(1999)		 219
 - Density 43/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 25390/ 25650
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Montbenoît is a small commune in the Arrondissement of Pontarlier in the Doubs department of France. It has a population of 219, as of 1999. The town was founded by a monk named Benoît in around 1100, and it grew upon a local abbey church that was founded and named for him.

In 1947, it was proclaimed capital of the Republic of Saugeais by Georges Pourchet, a local hotel owner, who also created the republic on the spot.

[edit] Demography

  • 1962= 180
  • 1968= 205
  • 1975= 182
  • 1982= 163
  • 1990= 238
  • 1999= 219
  • 2004= 282


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