Montgueux

Montgueux (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃gø]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

Montgueux
A general view of Montgueux
Location of Montgueux
Montgueux
Montgueux
Coordinates: 48°18′22″N 3°57′37″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentAube
ArrondissementTroyes
CantonSaint-Lyé
IntercommunalityCA Troyes Champagne Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Marie-Thérèse Leroy
Area
1
11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
399
  Density35/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
10248 /10300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

According to M. Girard, the modern Maurattes plains around the town were once known as the Campus Mauriacus, and it is considered the most likely location for the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.[2][3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962231    
1968231+0.0%
1975274+18.6%
1982346+26.3%
1990360+4.0%
1999372+3.3%
2008404+8.6%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Girard, M. (1885). "Campus Mauriacus, Nouvelle Étude sur le Champ de Bataille d'Attila". Revue Historique. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. MacDowall, Simon (2015). Catalaunian Fields AD 451, Rome's Last Great Battle. Oxford, U.K.: Osprey Publishing Ltd. pp. 55–57.


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