Montagrier

Montagrier is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Montagrier
Commune
A general view of Montagrier
Coat of arms
Location of Montagrier
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Coordinates: 45°16′17″N 0°28′39″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Brantôme en Périgord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Lafaye
Area ^1	14.04 km^2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	516
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24286 /24350
Elevation	68–207 m (223–679 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 838 —     1800 850 +1.4% 1806 758 −10.8% 1821 720 −5.0% 1831 842 +16.9% 1836 858 +1.9% 1841 830 −3.3% 1846 891 +7.3% 1851 913 +2.5% 1856 934 +2.3% 1861 825 −11.7% 1866 803 −2.7% 1872 761 −5.2% 1876 794 +4.3% 1881 810 +2.0% 1886 768 −5.2% 1891 738 −3.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 773 +4.7% 1901 702 −9.2% 1906 729 +3.8% 1911 683 −6.3% 1921 654 −4.2% 1926 600 −8.3% 1931 607 +1.2% 1936 608 +0.2% 1946 540 −11.2% 1954 477 −11.7% 1962 441 −7.5% 1968 411 −6.8% 1975 389 −5.4% 1982 385 −1.0% 1990 397 +3.1% 1999 442 +11.3% 2008 506 +14.5%

Sights

The Romanesque church was formerly a priory church. It contains a tenth-century inscription on a plaque, and the precincts now form a pleasant small park. Little remains of the walls which once surrounded the village. Unusually, for such a small place, Montagrier also has two chapels. Services are still held at Saint Sicaire, on the opposite end of the village from the church. There is also a tiny former chapel next to the auberge which is now used as an information centre. It is opposite the site of the castle (of which only the ruins of the stables remain). The chapel may have served the castle in the Middle Ages. During the Hundred Years War, the castle was in the possession of the Montagus, then resident in England.

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.