Montaut-les-Créneaux explained
| Montaut-les-Créneaux |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Auch |
| Canton: | Gascogne-Auscitaine |
| Insee: | 32279 |
| Postal Code: | 32810 |
| Mayor: | Emmanuel Gallina[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Grand Auch Cœur Gascogne |
| Coordinates: | 43.6947°N 0.6586°W |
| Elevation M: | 244 |
| Elevation Min M: | 114 |
| Elevation Max M: | 264 |
| Area Km2: | 26.23 |
Montaut-les-Créneaux (in French pronounced as /mɔ̃to le kʁeno/; Occitan (post 1500);: Montaut) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
Population
History
Montaut is an old fortified village (or castelnau in Gascony. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the lords of Montaut were also barons of Corrensaguet. In 1821, Montaut absorbed most of the old parish of Biane, located in the northeast, on the edge of the commune of Mirepoix to which it was formerly attached. All that remains is the Sainte-Catherine church and a dovecote, which was part of the castle which is now ruined.[2]
Monuments
- The Saint-Michel church dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. The bell tower dates from the 19th century. The building has been classified as a historic monument since 1995.[3]
- Chapel of Sainte-Catherine de Biane.
- Église Saint-Barthélemy de Malartic.
- The castle, which overlooks the north slope, is private and cannot be visited. It is its square keep with its battlements which gave its name to the commune, in 1917, to avoid confusion with the other Montaut du Gers, then called Montaut-d'Astarac.
- The houses, several of which are half-timbered, on the central street which passes under the old market hall, have also been nicely restored.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
- Courtès G., Communes du département du Gers, vol. I: Arrondissement d'Auch, Auch, Société archéologique et historique du Gers, 2003, 460 p.
- Durliat M. L'église de Montaut-les-Créneaux, pp. 244-251, dans Congrès archéologique de France. 128e session. Gascogne. 1970, Société française d'archéologie, Paris, 1970.
