Montoison

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montoison

(2020–2026) Jean-Marc Bouvier^[1]Area

16.11 km² (6.22 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,948 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

26208 /26800

Elevation129–261 m (423–856 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ 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.