Montazeau

Montazeau
Montazeau
Commune
	The town hall in Montazeau
	Location of Montazeau
	Montazeau Montazeau
	Coordinates: 44°53′38″N 0°07′51″E / 44.8939°N 0.1308°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Bergerac
Canton	Pays de Montaigne et Gurson
Intercommunality	Montaigne en Montravel
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Robert Descoins
Area 1	13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population (2021)	281
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	24288 /24230
Elevation	27–113 m (89–371 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montazeau is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

It is fairly close to Bergerac and Bordeaux. Many of its inhabitants derive their principal income from winemaking.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1800	559	—
1831	625	+11.8%
1866	520	−16.8%
1901	512	−1.5%
1931	440	−14.1%
1962	393	−10.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1968	342	−13.0%
1975	289	−15.5%
1982	280	−3.1%
1990	267	−4.6%
1999	275	+3.0%
2008	304	+10.5%

Events

Montazeau is known for its annual cheese-wine festival in which the townspeople make cheese-wine (a local delicacy) and it is then judged by the mayor.