Montségur
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Montségur
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Montsegur.pòg1.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Montségur seen from the castle
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Montségur (Ariège).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Pamiers
- French commune.canton
- Pays d'Olmes
- French commune.INSEE
- 09211
- French commune.postal code
- 09300
- French commune.mayor
- Nicolas Digoudé
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 918
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Montségur
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Foix
- Population
- +116
- Area
- +37.16
- Elevation
- +1399
- Shares border with
- Comus
- Official website
- www.montsegur.fr
- Image
- Montsegur.pòg1.jpg
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Montségur (; Languedocien: Montsegur) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
It is famous for its fortification, the Château de Montségur, that was built on the "pog" (mountain) on the ruins of one of the last strongholds of the Cathars. The present fortress on the site, though described as one of the "Cathar castles," is from a later period. It has been listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture since 1862. According to the book, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Montségur was the location of a mythical treasure related to the Holy Grail, which was promptly smuggled away before the Cathar surrender.