Montgiscard

Montgiscard (occitan: Montgiscard ) is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Garonne and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Its inhabitants is called Montgiscardais.

Blazon

Blazon of azure to the stem of gold thistle flowered of three parts and broken into leaf of four.

Geography

Commune located in full heart of the Lauragais, to 20 km in the south-east of Toulouse. Montgiscard gets a foothold in the valley of the Hers-Death and climbs on the face is south-Toulouse slopes, out of Right Bank of the the Garonne. It is mainly served by RN113 (Toulouse Carcassonne) and the Canal of the South passes near the bottom of the city, on the territory of the commune. Commune with dominant rural, Montgiscard forms all the same part of the urban surface of Toulouse as well as its zone of employment.

History

Administration

The assistants of the mayor are:

Julien Banks (work, town planning, cleansing, road pool)
Jean-Pierre Midan (finances)
Joel Spinazze (youth and sports)
Francoise Emery (town and country planning)
Jean-Louis Sibra (engineering services)
Dominique Forcioli (allowed to build)

The city council men are:

Marie-Jose Becker
Florence Blomme
Christian Colombiès
Christian Dall' Acqua
Bernard Fabre
Catherine Guidolin
Genevieve Houlbert
Pierre Koutsikidès
Geraldine Marcenac
Catherine Semin
Eric Zambon
Brigitte Zwilling

Demography

Places and monuments

The church of Montgiscard (15th century) was classified historic building by decree of November 18th, 1926. The bell-tower (S) was built by Dominique Bachelier (1530-1594); it is about a wall-belfry at the horizontal top, with machicolation, six campanological bays and two turrets.

Personalities related to the commune

Jean-Jacques Velasco
Jean Durand (Caux in Languedoc, October 5th 1900; Toulouse, May 13rd 1988), graduate of the Central School of Paris, honorary engineer except class of the Railroads, railway Architect (France, Iran, Mexico), knight of the Legion of Honor, former citizen of Montgiscard where it is buried.

Twinnings

See too

Common of the Haute-Garonne
List of French churches to campenard

External bonds

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

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