Montfort-en-Chalosse

Montfort-en-Chalosse (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fɔʁ ɑ̃ ʃalɔs], literally Montfort in Chalosse; Gascon: Monhòrt de Shalòssa, before 1962: Montfort)^[3] is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[4]

Montfort-en-Chalosse
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Montfort-en-Chalosse
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Coordinates: 43°42′42″N 0°50′12″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Coteau de Chalosse
Intercommunality	Terres de Chalosse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Darricau[1]
Area 1	11.57 km2 (4.47 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,223
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40194 /40380
Elevation	26–108 m (85–354 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,114	—
1975	1,017	−1.29%
1982	1,031	+0.20%
1990	1,116	+1.00%
1999	1,210	+0.90%
2009	1,159	−0.43%
2014	1,181	+0.38%
2020	1,193	+0.17%
Source: INSEE[5]

Politics

Between 2001 and 2014, Françoise Dartigue-Peyrou was the mayor.

Christian Bouet was a town councillor until 2014. He had 7 terms for 43 years, a record in Montfort-en-Chalosse.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department