Montagrier

Montagrier
Coat of arms
Montagrier
Location within Aquitaine region  Montagrier
Coordinates: 45°16′17″N 0°28′39″E / 45.2714°N 0.4775°ECoordinates: 45°16′17″N 0°28′39″E / 45.2714°N 0.4775°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Périgueux
Canton	Montagrier
Intercommunality	Val de Dronne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Lafaye
Area^1	14.04 km^2 (5.42 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	506
• Density	36/km^2 (93/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	24286 / 24350
Elevation	68–207 m (223–679 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Montagrier is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	838	—
1800	850	+1.4%
1806	758	−10.8%
1821	720	−5.0%
1831	842	+16.9%
1836	858	+1.9%
1841	830	−3.3%
1846	891	+7.3%
1851	913	+2.5%
1856	934	+2.3%
1861	825	−11.7%
1866	803	−2.7%
1872	761	−5.2%
1876	794	+4.3%
1881	810	+2.0%
1886	768	−5.2%
1891	738	−3.9%
1896	773	+4.7%
1901	702	−9.2%
1906	729	+3.8%
1911	683	−6.3%
1921	654	−4.2%
1926	600	−8.3%
1931	607	+1.2%
1936	608	+0.2%
1946	540	−11.2%
1954	477	−11.7%
1962	441	−7.5%
1968	411	−6.8%
1975	389	−5.4%
1982	385	−1.0%
1990	397	+3.1%
1999	442	+11.3%
2008	506	+14.5%

Sights

The Romanesque church was formerly a priory church. It contains a tenth-century inscription on a plaque, and the precincts now form a pleasant small park. Little remains of the walls which once surrounded the village. Unusually, for such a small place, Montagrier also has two chapels. Services are still held at Saint Sicaire, on the opposite end of the village from the church. There is also a tiny former chapel next to the auberge which is now used as an information centre. It is opposite the site of the castle (of which only the ruins of the stables remain). The chapel may have served the castle in the Middle Ages. During the Hundred Years War, the castle was in the possession of the Montagus, then resident in England.

See also

• Communes of the Dordogne department

References

• INSEE