Montauban
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Montauban in mid-August 2013
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 44°01′05″N 1°21′21″E / 44.0181°N 1.3558°ECoordinates: 44°01′05″N 1°21′21″E / 44.0181°N 1.3558°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Tarn-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Montauban | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Montauban et des Trois Rivières | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Brigitte Barèges | |
| Area1 | 135.17 km2 (52.19 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 57,921 | |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 82121 / 82000 | |
| Elevation | 72–207 m (236–679 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft) |
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| Website | montauban.com | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Montauban (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃.to.bɑ̃]; Occitan: Montalban) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Languedoc Roussillon Midi Pyrenees behind Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan and Béziers. In 2013, there were 57,921 inhabitants, called “Montalbanais”. The town has been classified “Ville d’art et d’histoire” (City of art and history) since 2015.
The town, built mainly of a reddish brick, stands on the right bank of the Tarn River at its confluence with the Tescou.
Montauban is the second oldest (after Mont-de-Marsan) of the bastides of southern France. Its foundation dates from 1144 when Count Alphonse Jourdain of Toulouse, granted it a liberal charter. The inhabitants were drawn chiefly from Montauriol, a village which had grown up around the neighbouring monastery of St Théodard.
In the 13th century the town suffered much from the ravages of the Albigensian war and from the Inquisition, but by 1317 it had recovered sufficiently to be chosen by John XXII as the head of a diocese of which the basilica of St Théodard became the cathedral.
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