Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
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Location of Montégut-Lauragais 
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| Coordinates: 43°28′47″N 1°55′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Haute-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Toulouse |
| Canton | Revel |
| Intercommunality | Lauragais-Revel-Sorèzois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Georges Arnaud |
| Area 1 | 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 442 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31371 /31540 |
| Elevation | 188–258 m (617–846 ft) (avg. 215 m or 705 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 262 | — |
| 1968 | 296 | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 316 | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 342 | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 342 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 360 | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 455 | +26.4% |
Notable People
- Pierre Duèze, Lord of Montbrun, (1244-1326)
- Shaul Harel, (1937- ) Neuropediatrician in Tel-Aviv, past-president of the Child Neurology Society. He and his family were hosted by the inhabitants and the local Authority and they lived in the village presbytery during the World-War II exodus (May–October 1940).[2] His name by then was Charlie Hilsberg.[3] As he and his family went back to Brussels thereafter, he survived war with the help of the Comité de Défense des Juifs and notably to Andrée Geulen-Herscovici, an active resistant.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Les enfants sans Ombres. A movie by Bernard Balteau, RTBF-Dérives, 2009.
- Un enfant sans ombre, parcours d'une vie. Shaul Harel, 2018, 455pp.
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