Montréjeau | ||
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Coordinates: 43°05′09″N 0°34′11″E / 43.0858°N 0.5697°ECoordinates: 43°05′09″N 0°34′11″E / 43.0858°N 0.5697°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Occitanie | |
Department | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Gaudens | |
Canton | Montréjeau | |
Intercommunality | Nebouzan-Rivière-Verdun | |
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• Mayor (2008–2014) | Éric Miquel | |
Area1 | 8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi) | |
Population (2008)2 | 2,738 | |
• Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 31390 /31210 | |
Elevation | 409–543 m (1,342–1,781 ft) (avg. 455 m or 1,493 ft) |
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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. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Montréjeau (Occitan: Montrejau) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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).