Montréjeau

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Commune in Occitania, France

Montréjeau Montrejau (Occitan)
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°05′09′′N 0°34′11′′E / 43.0858°N 0.5697°E / 43.0858; 0.5697
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Saint-Gaudens
Canton	Saint-Gaudens
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Miquel^[1]
Area ¹	8.21 km² (3.17 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,676
• Density	330/km² (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31390 /31210
Elevation	409–543 m (1,342–1,781 ft) (avg. 455 m or 1,493 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montréjeau (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʁeʒo] ;^[3] Gascon: Montrejau) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Montréjeau-Gourdan-Polignan station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau, Bayonne and Tarbes.

History

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Montréjeau was the site of one of the French Revolution's last pitched battles between republicans and royalists. In the summer of 1799, anti-revolutionary insurrection broke out in the Haute-Garonne. For a brief time it flourished, even threatening the city of Toulouse. The Directory reacted swiftly, ordering in troops which decisively defeated the rebels at Montréjeau on 1 Fructidor Year VII (18 August 1799).^[4]