Montreal (Gers)

See also: Montreal (homonymy)

Montreal (or Montreal-of-Gers the ) is a common French of the Département of Gers in area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Its inhabitants are Montréalais.

Geography

Commune located at the limit of the departments of Lot-et-Garonne and the Landes, built on a escarpé site of Right Bank of the Auzoue it dominates two hills on both sides of the valley of the Auzoue.

The pilgrimage of Compostelle

Montreal is located on the Via Podiensis Pèlerinage of Saint-Jacques-of-Compostelle. One comes from the Abbaye of Flaran, the next visit is Lauraët.

History

The village is a typical country house 13th century, built on a rocky outcrop dominating the Auzoue, over the site of a Oppidum celtibère. It is one of the Gascon first country house S and the first of Gers. It was founded the March 20th 1255 by Alphonse of Poitiers, brother of Saint-Louis, became by its marriage in 1229 with Jeanne, girl of Raymond VII, Master of the county of Toulouse and the county of Resident of Agen.

One of its officers, Guillaume de Balneolis, Seneshal for the Agen-native, itself chose the site of the country house in spring 1255 and Montreal (= Royal Mont) with the glory of the dynasty capétienne baptized it whose authority was established gradually in Gascogne. It is a notary of Agen, Pons Maynard, which had the responsibility of draw up the plan and to write the habits.

Montreal, initially attached to the County of Toulouse, passed in the field of the crown, with the remainder of the Languedoc, under Philippe III '' Bold the ''. It had a royal justice, dependant on the Sénéchaussée of Condom. Towards 1320, it was joined together with the crown of England, with several other cities of the Duché of Guyenne.

Charles IX visited Montreal the July 26th 1565 and accepted the honors of a solemn entry there.

During the wars of religion, Montgomery, chief Protesting, set fire to Montreal after 1565 under the orders of Jeanne de Navarre.

Nowadays, there remain remains of the fortifications, destroyed with the Révolution.

Montreal was formerly called Montreal-in-Resident of Agen or Montreal-in-Condomois .

Administration

Twinning

Demography

Places and monuments

  • One of the Plus beautiful villages of France

  • the Mairie is 18th century
  • a Musée Archéologique.
  • the Gallo-Roman Villa of Séviac :
Excavated since 1961, it is a traditional Villa 4th century, with Péristyle: three wings frame an interior court and are flanked in the South of a thermal complex ; around the court, four galleries serve the use and rooms.

Religious buildings

  • the Gothic, of the 13th century, partly strengthened church , with the rather imposing aspect. It was restored at the 17th century. It has a mosaic Gallo-Roman E.

Personalities related to the commune

See too


External bonds

  • the site of the town hall of Montreal-of-Gers the
  • Montreal on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Montreal on the site of INSEE
  • Montreal on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Montreal on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Montreal on Mapquest

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