Montoison

Montoison (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃twazɔ̃]; Occitan: Monteison) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Montoison
Commune
The town hall of Montoison
Coat of arms
Location of Montoison
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Coordinates: 44°47′56″N 4°56′27″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  (2022)[2]	1,935
• 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)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

• Paulin Gagne (8 or 9 June 1808 – August 1876), French poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor and eccentric, was born in Montoison.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department