Montoison

Montoison
Commune
The town hall of Montoison
Coat of arms
Location of Montoison
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Coordinates: 44°47′56″N 4°56′27″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Loriol-sur-Drôme
Intercommunality	Val de Drôme en Biovallée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Bouvier[1]
Area ^1	16.11 km^2 (6.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,948
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26208 /26800
Elevation	129–261 m (423–856 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montoison (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃twazɔ̃]; Occitan: Monteison) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	776	—
1975	771	−0.09%
1982	992	+3.67%
1990	1,222	+2.64%
1999	1,469	+2.07%
2009	1,720	+1.59%
2014	1,889	+1.89%
2020	1,942	+0.46%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

• Paulin Gagne (8 or 9 June 1808 – August 1876), French poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor and eccentric, was born in Montoison.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme 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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Sources do not agree on date of birth. See:
   Gustave Vapereau (1870). "GAGNE (Paulin)". Dictionnaire universel des contemporains (in French). Vol. 1. p. 709. Retrieved 20 September 2022 – via Gallica. GAGNE (Paulin), littérateur français, né à Montoison (Drôme), le 8 juin 1808, étudia le droit et se fit recevoir avocat à Paris, mais s'occupa surtout d'écrire des brochures et des vers de circonstance.
   - "GAGNE (Paulin)". Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (in French). Larousse. p. 919. Retrieved 20 September 2022 – via Gallica. GAGNE (Paulin), avocat et poête français, né à Montoison (Drôme) le 9 juin 1808.