Montgueux

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Montgueux
A general view of Montgueux
A general view of Montgueux
Location of Montgueux
Montgueux is located in France
Montgueux
Montgueux
Coordinates: 48°18′22″N 3°57′37″E / 48.3061°N 3.9603°E / 48.3061; 3.9603Coordinates: 48°18′22″N 3°57′37″E / 48.3061°N 3.9603°E / 48.3061; 3.9603
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentAube
ArrondissementTroyes
CantonSaint-Lyé
IntercommunalityCA Troyes Champagne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Thérèse Leroy
Area
1
11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
393
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
10248 /10300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montgueux (French pronunciation: ​[mɔ̃gø]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

History[]

According to M. Girard, the modern Maurattes plains around the town were once known as the Campus Mauriacus, and it is considered the most likely location for the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.[2][3]

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962231—    
1968231+0.0%
1975274+18.6%
1982346+26.3%
1990360+4.0%
1999372+3.3%
2008404+8.6%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Girard, M. (1885). "Campus Mauriacus, Nouvelle Étude sur le Champ de Bataille d'Attila". Revue Historique. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. ^ MacDowall, Simon (2015). Catalaunian Fields AD 451, Rome's Last Great Battle. Oxford, U.K.: Osprey Publishing Ltd. pp. 55–57.



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