Montredon-Labessonnié

Montredon-Labessonnié
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Montredon-Labessonnié
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Coordinates: 43°43′16″N 2°19′38″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Le Haut Dadou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Chamayou[1]
Area ^1	110.88 km^2 (42.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,049
• Density	18/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81182 /81360
Elevation	196–644 m (643–2,113 ft) (avg. 570 m or 1,870 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montredon-Labessonnie (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʁədɔ̃ labɛsɔnje]; Occitan: La Bessoniá de Montredond) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

The commune has several shops, a planetarium, a cinema, a tourist information centre, a hotel, cafe-bars among other venues.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Dadou.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,327	—
1975	2,058	−1.74%
1982	2,167	+0.74%
1990	2,111	−0.33%
1999	2,030	−0.43%
2007	2,058	+0.17%
2012	2,084	+0.25%
2017	2,004	−0.78%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE