Montégut-Lauragais
Montégut-Lauragais (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃teɡy loʁaɡɛ]; Occitan: Montagut de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 262 | — |
| 1968 | 296 | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 316 | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 342 | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 342 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 360 | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 455 | +26.4% |
Notable people
- Pierre Duèze, Lord of Montbrun, (1244-1326)
- Shaul Harel, (1937- ) Neuropediatrician in Tel-Aviv, past-president of the Child Neurology Society. He and his family were hosted by the inhabitants and the local Authority and they lived in the village presbytery during the World-War II exodus (May–October 1940). His name by then was Charlie Hilsberg. As he and his family went back to Brussels thereafter, he survived war with the help of the Comité de Défense des Juifs and notably to Andrée Geulen-Herscovici, an active resistant.
See also
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.
- ^ Les enfants sans Ombres. A movie by Bernard Balteau, RTBF-Dérives, 2009.
- ^ Un enfant sans ombre, parcours d'une vie. Shaul Harel, 2018, 455pp.
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