Occitanie
Ariège
Arrondissement of Pamiers

Montségur

Montségur is a commune in the department in southwestern France. It is famous for its fortification, the , that was built on the "pog" on the ruins of one of the last strongholds of the Cathars.
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  • Type: Village with 116 residents
  • Description: commune in Ariège, France
  • Also known as: “09211”
  • Postal code: 09300

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montségur and Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Montségur.

Photo: Gerbil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de is a former fortress near , a commune in the department in southern . Its ruins are the site of a razed stronghold of the Cathars.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of Montségur.

Montségur

Latitude
42.8708° or 42° 52′ 15″ north
Longitude
1.8337° or 1° 50′ 2″ east
Population
116
Elevation
929 metres (3,048 feet)
Open location code
8FJ3VRCM+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 458229348
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6426260
Wiki­data ID
Q380809
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Montségur” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Montségur”
  • Arabic: “مونسيجور”
  • Aragonese: “Montségur”
  • Armenian: “Մոնսեգյուր”
  • Arpitan: “Montségur”
  • Asturian: “Montségur”
  • Bambara: “Montségur”
  • Basque: “Montségur”
  • Bavarian: “Montségur”
  • Breton: “Montségur”
  • Buginese: “Montségur”
  • Bulgarian: “Монсегюр”
  • Cajun French: “Montségur”
  • Catalan: “Montsegur”
  • Cebuano: “Montségur”
  • Chechen: “МонсегуьгӀ (коммуна)”
  • Chechen: “МонсегуьгӀ”
  • Chinese: “Montségur”
  • Chinese: “蒙塞居尔”
  • Chinese: “蒙塞居爾”
  • Chinese: “蒙特塞居”
  • Corsican: “Montségur”
  • Croatian: “Montségur”
  • Czech: “Montségur”
  • Danish: “Montségur”
  • Dutch: “Montsegur (Ariege)”
  • Dutch: “Montségur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مونسيجور”
  • Esperanto: “Montségur”
  • Estonian: “Montségur”
  • Faroese: “Montségur”
  • Finnish: “Montségur”
  • French: “Montségur”
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  • Galician: “Montségur”
  • German: “Montsegur”
  • German: “Montségur”
  • Greek: “Μονσεγκύρ”
  • Hebrew: “מונסגור”
  • Hungarian: “Montségur”
  • Icelandic: “Montségur”
  • Ido: “Montségur”
  • Indonesian: “Montségur”
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  • Irish: “Montségur”
  • Italian: “Montsegur”
  • Italian: “Montségur”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Montségur”
  • Japanese: “モンセギュール”
  • Kabyle: “Montségur”
  • Kalaallisut: “Montségur”
  • Kongo: “Montségur”
  • Ladin: “Montségur”
  • Latin: “Mons Securus”
  • Latvian: “Montségur”
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  • Limburgan: “Montségur”
  • Lithuanian: “Montségur”
  • Low German: “Montségur”
  • Luxembourgish: “Montségur”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Montségur”
  • Malagasy: “Michel François”
  • Malagasy: “Montségur”
  • Malay: “Montségur”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Montségur”
  • Minangkabau: “Montségur”
  • Narom: “Montségur”
  • Neapolitan: “Montségur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montségur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Montségur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Montsegur”
  • Papiamento: “Montségur”
  • Picard: “Montségur”
  • Piemontese: “Montségur”
  • Polish: “Montsegur”
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  • Prussian: “Montségur”
  • Romagnol: “Montségur”
  • Romanian: “Montségur”
  • Romansh: “Montségur”
  • Russian: “Монсегюр”
  • Sardinian: “Montségur”
  • Scots: “Montségur”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Montségur”
  • Serbian: “Montségur”
  • Sicilian: “Montségur”
  • Slovak: “Montségur”
  • Slovenian: “Montségur”
  • Spanish: “Montsegur”
  • Spanish: “Montségur”
  • Swahili: “Montségur”
  • Swedish: “Montsegur”
  • Swedish: “Montségur”
  • Swiss German: “Montségur”
  • Tatar: “Монсегюр (коммуна)”
  • Tatar: “Монсегюр”
  • Turkish: “Montségur”
  • Ukrainian: “Монсегюр”
  • Venetian: “Montségur”
  • Vietnamese: “Montségur”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Montségur”
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  • Zulu: “Montségur”
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