Montespan

Montespan
Coat of arms of Montespan Coat of arms
Montespan
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Montespan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Salies-du-Salat
Intercommunality	Canton de Salies-du-Salat
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Christine Llorens
Area1	12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	438
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	31372 / 31260
Elevation	298–522 m (978–1,713 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 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.

Montespan is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	473	—
1968	479	+1.3%
1975	432	−9.8%
1982	428	−0.9%
1990	398	−7.0%
1999	422	+6.0%
2008	438	+3.8%

Sights

The remains of a 13th-century castle, the Château de Montespan, have been listed since 1926 as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

• INSEE