- Montaud, Hérault
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Montaud
MontaudAdministration Country France Region Languedoc-Roussillon Department Hérault Arrondissement Montpellier Canton Castries Intercommunality Montpellier Mayor Pierre Combettes
(2001–2008)Statistics Elevation 51–210 m (167–690 ft)
(avg. 110 m/360 ft)Land area1 12.92 km2 (4.99 sq mi) Population2 616 (1999) - Density 48 /km2 (120 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 34164/ 34160 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: 43°45′07″N 3°57′23″E / 43.75194°N 3.95638°E
Montaud is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.
Montaud is a mountain village with approximately 450 inhabitants living in a dozen hamlets. It contains a school, a city hall, a church, and a few farms. Most inhabitants of Montaud work in nearby Montpellier, many as researchers, teachers, engineers and technicians.
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History and trivia
French Cardinal, Bertrand Pierre (Cardinal de Colombier), who was used by the popes at Avignon for agent in wartime missions during the Hundred Years War and in the election of Charles of Bohemia to the imperial throne, died in Montaud in 1361[1].
Montaud is located in the North of the Vercors, an important site of the French Resistance during World War II.
Children from the primary school of Montaud participated in a "spacetalk" via ARISS radio contact with astronaut Mike Finckle, aboard the International Space Station in 2004 [2].
Population
Historical population of Montaud, Hérault
(Source : INSEE[3])1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2003 288 290 298 413 545 616 826 From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. See also
References
Categories:- Communes of Hérault
- Hérault geography stubs
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