Montjoie-en-Couserans

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Montjoie-en-Couserans
Commune
The church in Montjoie-en-Couserans
Location of Montjoie-en-Couserans
(2020–2026)		Ginette Busca^[1]
Area ¹	29.63 km² (11.44 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,002
• Density	34/km² (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09209 /09200
Elevation	393–677 m (1,289–2,221 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montjoie-en-Couserans (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʒwa ɑ̃ kuzʁɑ̃], literally Montjoie in Couserans; Occitan: Montjòi de Coserans) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France, in the northwest of the Ariège department, in the Occitanie region. Historically and culturally, the town is part of Couserans, an area with Gascon roots structured by the course of the Salat.

Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Volp, the Baup, the Badech stream, the Birosse stream and various other small rivers. Included in the Ariège Pyrenees regional natural park, the town has a remarkable natural heritage: a protected area (the “crayfish streams: Artix, Moulicot and Volp”) and six natural areas of ecological, faunal and floral beauty.

Montjoie-en-Couserans is a rural commune which had 1,010 inhabitants in 2020, after having experienced a sharp increase in population since 1975. It is part of the Saint-Girons catchment area. Its inhabitants are called Montjoliens or Montjoliennes.

The architectural heritage of the town includes two buildings protected as historic monuments: the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church, listed in 1901, and the City Gate, listed in 1965.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	784	—
1968	801	+2.2%
1975	774	−3.4%
1982	857	+10.7%
1990	926	+8.1%
1999	977	+5.5%
2008	1,045	+7.0%

History

The Bastide of Montjoie was founded in 1268 by Alphonse de Poitiers, a prince of royal blood, the brother of Louis IX under a landscaping contract with the Bishop of Couserans.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.