Montoison
Appearance
Montoison | |
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Coordinates:44°47′56″N4°56′27″E/ 44.7989°N 4.9408°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Drôme |
Arrondissement | Die |
Canton | Loriol-sur-Drôme |
Intercommunality | Val de Drôme en Biovallée |
Government | |
• Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Bouvier[1] |
Area 1 | 16.11 km2(6.22 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,948 |
• Density | 120/km2(310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 26208/26800 |
Elevation | 129–261 m (423–856 ft) |
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Montoison(French pronunciation:[mɔ̃twazɔ̃];Occitan:Monteison) is acommunein theDrômedepartmentin southeasternFrance.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 776 | — |
1975 | 771 | −0.09% |
1982 | 992 | +3.67% |
1990 | 1,222 | +2.64% |
1999 | 1,469 | +2.07% |
2009 | 1,720 | +1.59% |
2014 | 1,889 | +1.89% |
2020 | 1,942 | +0.46% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Personalities
[edit]- Paulin Gagne(8 or 9 June 1808 – August 1876), French poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor and eccentric, was born in Montoison.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires"(in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
- ^Sources do not agree on date of birth. See:
Gustave Vapereau (1870)."GAGNE (Paulin)".Dictionnaire universel des contemporains(in French). Vol. 1. p. 709.Retrieved20 September2022– via Gallica.GAGNE (Paulin), littérateur français, né à Montoison (Drôme), le 8 juin 1808, étudia le droit et se fit recevoir avocat à Paris, mais s'occupa surtout d'écrire des brochures et des vers de circonstance.
-"GAGNE (Paulin)".Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle(in French). Larousse. p. 919.Retrieved20 September2022– via Gallica.GAGNE (Paulin), avocat et poête français, né à Montoison (Drôme) le 9 juin 1808.
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