Montesquieu-Avantès

Montesquieu-Avantès
The church in Montesquieu-Avantès
Montesquieu-Avantès
Location within Occitanie region  Montesquieu-Avantès
Coordinates: 43°01′28″N 1°11′51″E / 43.0244°N 1.1975°ECoordinates: 43°01′28″N 1°11′51″E / 43.0244°N 1.1975°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Saint-Girons
Canton	Saint-Lizier
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Éliane Milhorat
Area^1	16.52 km^2 (6.38 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	239
• Density	14/km^2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	09204 / 09200
Elevation	430–690 m (1,410–2,260 ft) (avg. 470 m or 1,540 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.

Montesquieu-Avantès is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	520	—
1800	744	+43.1%
1806	680	−8.6%
1821	786	+15.6%
1831	815	+3.7%
1836	830	+1.8%
1841	831	+0.1%
1846	810	−2.5%
1851	833	+2.8%
1856	772	−7.3%
1861	743	−3.8%
1866	734	−1.2%
1872	733	−0.1%
1876	734	+0.1%
1881	712	−3.0%
1886	662	−7.0%
1891	642	−3.0%
1896	634	−1.2%
1901	609	−3.9%
1906	613	+0.7%
1911	558	−9.0%
1921	515	−7.7%
1926	477	−7.4%
1931	462	−3.1%
1936	431	−6.7%
1946	386	−10.4%
1954	349	−9.6%
1962	375	+7.4%
1968	323	−13.9%
1975	265	−18.0%
1982	280	+5.7%
1990	270	−3.6%
1999	240	−11.1%
2008	239	−0.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE