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Montolieu
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Montolieu is a commune in France, situated within the Aude department and the canton of Alzonne. It is part of the arrondissement of Carcassonne and the Occitanie region. The town is also designated as a book town. Its administrative boundaries share borders with Alzonne, Aragon, Brousses-et-Villaret, and Fraisse-Cabardès.
The commune has an area of 23.65 square kilometers and an elevation of 407 meters above sea level. The population is recorded as 896, comprising 373 males and 473 females. Another source lists the population as 847. The postal code for the area is 11170. Montolieu is associated with the electoral district of the canton of La Malepère à la Montagne Noire.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Montolieu
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Montolieu (Aude).svg
- French commune.image
- Montaulieu vu du pont.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of Montolieu
- French commune.arrondissement
- Carcassonne
- French commune.canton
- La Malepère à la Montagne Noire
- French commune.INSEE
- 11253
- French commune.postal code
- 11170
- French commune.mayor
- Bernard Lauret
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Carcassonne Agglo
- French commune.elevation m
- 200
- French commune.elevation min m
- 123
- French commune.elevation max m
- 407
- French commune.area km2
- 23.65
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- book town
- Official name
- Montolieu
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Carcassonne
- Population
- 829
- Area
- 23.65
- Elevation
- 251
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saissac
- Official website
- www.montolieu.fr
- Image
- Montaulieu vu du pont.jpg
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- Commons category
- Montolieu
- postal code
- 11170
- native label
- Montolieu
- associated electoral district
- canton of La Malepère à la Montagne Noire
- male population
- 373
- female population
- 473
- P8168
- Andreas Pietschmann
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-68-24-84-03
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Village of books
- Population
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Montolieu (; ) is a commune in the Aude department of southern France.
==Village of books== Sometimes referred to as the "Village of Books", Montolieu contains fifteen bookshops, mostly specializing in secondhand and antique books. Many artists also live and work in Montolieu, with five workshops and galleries of painters and sculptors and three photographers' studios. The commune also contains a cactus garden, the Cactuseraie d'Escaïre-Figue. In 1990, Michel Braibant, a bookbinder in Carcassonne, came up with the idea of a Village of Books in Montolieu, inspired by the Welsh Hay-on-Wye. He created the association Montolieu Village du Livre and founded the Musée des Arts & Métiers du Livre ("museum of book arts & crafts).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montolieu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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