Montels, Ariège

Montels
Montels
Location within Occitanie region  Montels
Coordinates: 43°00′21″N 1°28′25″E / 43.0058°N 1.4736°ECoordinates: 43°00′21″N 1°28′25″E / 43.0058°N 1.4736°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Foix
Canton	La Bastide-de-Sérou
Intercommunality	Seronnais 117
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Respaud
Area^1	3.73 km^2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	154
• Density	41/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 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.

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

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%
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

• INSEE