Montfort-en-Chalosse

Montfort-en-Chalosse
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Montfort-en-Chalosse
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Coordinates: 43°42′42″N 0°50′12″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Coteau de Chalosse
Intercommunality	Terres de Chalosse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Darricau[1]
Area ^1	11.57 km^2 (4.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,207
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40194 /40380
Elevation	26–108 m (85–354 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montfort-en-Chalosse (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fɔʁ ɑ̃ ʃalɔs], literally Montfort in Chalosse; Gascon: Monhòrt de Shalòssa, before 1962: Montfort)^[3] is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,114	—
1975	1,017	−1.29%
1982	1,031	+0.20%
1990	1,116	+1.00%
1999	1,210	+0.90%
2009	1,159	−0.43%
2014	1,181	+0.38%
2020	1,193	+0.17%
Source: INSEE[5]

Politics

Between 2001 and 2014, Françoise Dartigue-Peyrou was the mayor.

Christian Bouet was a town councillor until 2014. He had 7 terms for 43 years, a record in Montfort-en-Chalosse.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
4. INSEE commune file
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Gallery

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  Example of a maison capcazalière in Montfort-en-Chalosse