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Montans () is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie
Archéosite de Montans
l'Aigue Verte
Communes of Tarn (department) {{Tarn-geo-stub
region
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of southern France
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.
Geography
Situated betweenLisle-sur-Tarn
Lisle-sur-Tarn (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France.
Geography
Lisle-sur-Tarn sits along the A68 motorway, halfway between Toulouse and Albi, within the Gailla ...
and Gaillac
Gaillac (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It had in 2013 a population of 14,334 inhabitants.
Its inhabitants are called Gaillacois.
Geography
Gaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has ...
, near the A68 autoroute, the village stands at the end of a terrace overlooking the River Tarn. The locality produces wine with the appellation Gaillac AOC.
Name
The name of the settlement is derived from theOccitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...
word ''montant'', meaning "steep".
History
The site of Montans was occupied by a Gallic oppidum. Already, the Gauls were producing pottery on the site since the environment was favorable with the alluvium covering the terrace containing pockets of clay. Following the Roman occupation, the site became in the beginning of AD one of the most important centers of pottery production in the Gallo-Roman world. The pottery was exported, mostly by water down the Tarn and Garonne rivers all the way to places like Brittany and Great Britain.Tourism
L'Archéosite is a museum and documentation center, with an exhibition of pottery from Antiquity and a reconstitution of a Gallo-Roman street and shops leading to the potter's house. On the bank of the Tarn river, Guest houses offer bedrooms and dinners, such as at the Aigue Verte for example.
See also
*Communes of the Tarn department
The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
* Tourism in Tarn
The Tarn (department), Tarn department is located in the southwest of France.
Statistics
In 2009, there were:
* Nightly rentals: 8.6 million
* Beds available: 23,100
* Business hotels represented 305,000 tourists for a total of 470,200 nights
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References
Archéosite de Montans
l'Aigue Verte
Communes of Tarn (department) {{Tarn-geo-stub