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Country
  
France

Department
  
Gers

Canton
  
Montréal, Gers

Area
  
63.05 km²

Region
  
Occitanie

Arrondissement
  
Condom

Population (2008)
  
1,269

Local time
  
Saturday 8:24 AM

Montréal, Gers wwwlesplusbeauxvillagesdefranceorgfilesph

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 78% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Villa gallo-romaine de Séviac, Lussagnet Gilbert, Chateau de Pomiro, Darreon Bordes Therese

Montréal (historically, Montréal-du-Gers) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

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Map of 32250 Montr%C3%A9al, France

Geography

The commune is situated in the Gers but close to the borders with Lot-et-Garonne and Landes. It is built on a promontory on the right bank of the river Auzoue.

Population

The inhabitants are called Montréalais.

Sights

In the neighbourhood are numerous old castles, medieval walled villages, small towns built around castles and many "sacred" places because the Via Podiensis and the Way of St. James of Compostela which pass through Montréal.

  • In the village
  • The Roman Gaul villa at Séviac.
  • The medieval bastide.
  • In the surroundings
  • The bastide of Bretagne-d'Armagnac.
  • The Bastide Gasconne of Fourcès.
  • The city of Eauze and its Roman treasure.
  • The fortified village of Larressingle.
  • The museum of D'Artagnan in Lupiac.
  • The Spa of Barbotan-les-Thermes in Cazaubon.
  • The paleontological site discovered in 1987 near Béon hamlet (on the D113 road toward Gondrin, south-east of the village), of international interest - 4 previously unknown species have been discovered there, and a skull from a Palaeomeryx among many other animal parts.

    • International relations

    Montréal is twinned with Wittisheim, Bas-Rhin, France.

    References

    Montréal, Gers Wikipedia
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