Montauban
Montauban
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Prefecture and commune | |
Old Bridge and the Ingres Museum | |
Location of Montauban | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′05″N 1°21′21″E / 44.0181°N 1.3558°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Tarn-et-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Montauban |
| Canton | Montauban-1, 2 and 3 |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Montauban |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Marie-Claude Berly (LR) |
Area 1 | 135.17 km2 (52.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 62,487 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 82121 /82000 |
| Elevation | 72–207 m (236–679 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft) |
| Website | montauban.com |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Montauban (US: /ˌmɒntoʊˈbɒn, ˌmoʊntoʊˈbɒ̃/, French: [mɔ̃tobɑ̃] ⓘ; Occitan: Montalban [muntalˈβa]) is a commune in the southern French department of Tarn-et-Garonne. It is the capital of the department and lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Occitanie behind Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan and Béziers. In 2019, there were 61,372 inhabitants, called Montalbanais. The town has been classified in the French Towns and Lands of Art and History network since 2015.
The town, built mainly of a reddish brick, stands on the right bank of the Tarn at its confluence with the Tescou.