Montgeard Explained

Montgeard
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Montgeard (Haute-Garonne).svg
Arrondissement:Toulouse
Canton:Escalquens
Insee:31380
Postal Code:31560
Mayor:Serge Kondryszyn[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:43.3397°N 1.6347°W
Elevation M:278
Elevation Min M:195
Elevation Max M:290
Area Km2:9.32

Montgeard (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Montjard) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.

Population

Sights

Montgeard is famous for its church, built during the Renaissance between 1522 and 1561, during the "golden age" of woad trade. Montgeard church is an exemple of Southern French Gothic in a rural sanctuary, with the use of bricks, the single-naved plan, high and narrow openings and a general austere appearance. But this rural church is also very singular because of the high quality of its decoration, the presence of foreign works of art and its daring unfinished bell-tower. Since the creation of its painted ceiling in the mid-19th Century following the exemple of Albi Cathedral, Montgeard church is nicknamed "Petit Albi".[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Julien . Pascal . L'église de Montgeard . Congrès archéologique de France . 1996 . 154 . 49-57.