Montsaunès

Montsaunès (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃sonɛs]; Occitan: Montsaunèrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.

Montsaunès
Commune
The church in Montsaunès
Coat of arms
Location of Montsaunès
Montsaunès Show map of France Montsaunès Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°06′44″N 0°56′15″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Bagnères-de-Luchon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maryse Mourlan[1]
Area 1	9.12 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	455
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31391 /31260
Elevation	285–411 m (935–1,348 ft) (avg. 325 m or 1,066 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.	±%
1962	360	—
1968	371	+3.1%
1975	385	+3.8%
1982	402	+4.4%
1990	362	−10.0%
1999	379	+4.7%
2008	403	+6.3%
2018	448	+11.2%

In popular culture

The Templar chapel of St Christophe features in the 2013 crypto-thriller The Sword of Moses by Dominic Selwood.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department