Montgey

Montgey is a common French, located in the department of the Tarn and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Geography

History

" sources; General advice of the Tarn - Files départementales" Communes of the Tarn - Dictionary of administrative geography Parishes - Etymology - Blazons - Biblographie Files and Inheritance 1990.

History

1789: The Community of Montgey, sénéchaussé of Lauragais, diosèse of Lavaur: Parishes: St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Notre-Dame d' Auvezines. 1790: municipality of Montgey, canton of Cuq-Toulza, district of Lavaur. Year X: commune of Montgey, canton of Cuq-Toulza, district of Lavaur parish: St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The parish Notre-Dame d' Auvezines is restored on January 15th, 1846. 1853-1854: creation project of two distinct communes, Montgey and Auvezines. 1972: project of fastening of the communes of Aguts and Puechoursy with Montgey.

Montgey must be the French place name Montjoie, " eminence, ridges artificial stone or of terre". Transported in the South, the French oi is diphthong in uei, then in I.E.(internal excitation), as if it came from Latin (monsgaudii, 1211, Monum. Germ. Script. XXVIII, 276; Montjoi, about 1228, Song of the Crusade, 69,7).

Blazon

Mouths, with a gold hamaîde (L.O. - mp 755, n° 81. - C.p. 2222).

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Tarn

External bonds

Montgey on the site of the national geographical Institute
Montgey on the site of INSEE
Montgey on the site of Quid
Localization of Montgey on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Montgey on Mapquest

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