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Montauban

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Montauban

Industrial town and administrative centre of the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southwest France, 50 km/31 mi north of Toulouse on the River Tarn; population (1999) 51,900. The classical painter Jean Auguste Ingres and the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle were both natives of the town and many of their works are housed here. Textiles and porcelain are manufactured, and there is a trade in agricultural produce.

Founded by the count of Toulouse in 1144, Montauban was a Huguenot centre and was frequently besieged. It successfully resisted Louis XIII's army under de Luynes in 1621, but surrendered in 1629 after the fall of La Rochelle.



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We have had a citizen from Montauban here this very day, who told us such a tale of sack and murder and pillage that it moved our blood; but our wrath was turned upon the man who was in authority over them.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
"Do not say that, Debray," returned Beauchamp, laughing, "for here is Chateau-Renaud, who, to cure you of your mania for paradoxes, will pass the sword of Renaud de Montauban, his ancestor, through your body.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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