Montescot

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montescot

(2020–2026) Louis Sala^[1]Area

6.02 km² (2.32 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,612 • Density270/km² (690/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

66114 /66200

Elevation16–40 m (52–131 ft)
(avg. 14 m or 46 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montescot (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛsko] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Montescot is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	221	—
1975	471	+11.42%
1982	612	+3.81%
1990	1,128	+7.94%
1999	1,375	+2.22%
2007	1,593	+1.86%
2012	1,712	+1.45%
2017	1,712	+0.00%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2022-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE