Montréal, Gers
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Commune of Montréal |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Condom |
| Canton | Montréal |
| Intercommunality | aucune |
| Mayor | Gérard Bezerra (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 73 m–183 m |
| Land area¹ | 63.05 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1238 |
| - Density | 20/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 32290/ 32250 |
| 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. | |
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Montréal (historically, Montréal-du-Gers) is a commune of the Gers département, in southwestern France in the region Midi-Pyrénées, not far away from Castelnau-d'Auzan. Its inhabitants are called Montréalais.
[edit] Geography
The commune is situated on the limits of the departements Lot-et-Garonne and Landes, it is built on the right side of the river Auzoue.
Because of its landscapes the Gers is now and then called by some the "Tuscany of France". The summers are long and warm; the winters are warm and short.
The visit card of the region: a fine glass of Côtes de Gascogne, Saint-Mont or Madiran or if you like a Floc de Gascogne and a good conversation. With measure it also nice to consume a glass Armagnac, a good cassoulet, a typical confit de canard or a small piece of foie gras.
The commune is a part of the canton of Montréal where at the last population count (1999) on a surface of more than 240 km² lived only 4.741 inhabitants.
[edit] Features
In the neighbourhood are numerous old castles, little medieval walled villages, small cities built around castles and "sacred" places, because the Via Podiensis and the Way of St. James of Compostela are going through the Montréal and left their traces.
- In the village
- The Roman Gaul villa of 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.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Montréal is twinned with Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France.
