Montels, Ariège

Montels is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Montels
Commune
Location of Montels
Montels Montels
Coordinates: 43°00′21″N 1°28′25″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Couserans Est
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Respaud
Area ^1	3.73 km^2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	158
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09203 /09240
Elevation	413–544 m (1,355–1,785 ft) (avg. 430 m or 1,410 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 401 —     1800 369 −8.0% 1806 502 +36.0% 1821 460 −8.4% 1831 466 +1.3% 1836 481 +3.2% 1841 485 +0.8% 1846 411 −15.3% 1851 495 +20.4% 1856 445 −10.1% 1861 431 −3.1% 1866 430 −0.2% 1872 450 +4.7% 1876 465 +3.3% 1881 420 −9.7% 1886 424 +1.0% 1891 415 −2.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 408 −1.7% 1901 449 +10.0% 1906 388 −13.6% 1911 377 −2.8% 1921 291 −22.8% 1926 247 −15.1% 1931 239 −3.2% 1936 218 −8.8% 1946 182 −16.5% 1954 159 −12.6% 1962 145 −8.8% 1968 143 −1.4% 1975 110 −23.1% 1982 118 +7.3% 1990 126 +6.8% 1999 124 −1.6% 2008 154 +24.2%

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

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