Montazeau

Montazeau
Montazeau
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Bergerac
Canton	Vélines
Intercommunality	Montaigne en Montravel
Mayor	Robert Descoins (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	27–113 m (89–371 ft)
Land area1	13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population2	304  (2008)
- Density	22 /km2 (57 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24288/ 24230
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°53′38″N 0°07′51″E / 44.89388889°N 0.130833333°E / 44.89388889; 0.130833333

Montazeau is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

It is fairly close to Bergerac and Bordeaux. Many of its inhabitants derive their principal income from winemaking.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	559	—
1831	625	+11.8%
1866	520	−16.8%
1901	512	−1.5%
1931	440	−14.1%
1962	393	−10.7%
1968	342	−13.0%
1975	289	−15.5%
1982	280	−3.1%
1990	267	−4.6%
1999	275	+3.0%
2008	304	+10.5%

Events

Montazeau is famous for holding an annual cheese-wine festival each year in which the townspeople make cheese-wine (a local delicacy) and it is then judged by the mayor.

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Town council website