Travel Guide Montadet

5 km south of Lombez, Montadet, 83 inhabitants, was raised on a greenhouse and was probably originally fortified. The village is situated in the middle of hills typical of the Gers landscape with 78 m of difference in height in two stages between La Prade and the coast. Today, the habitat is concentrated along the Espienne valley (La Prade) and in the Village, the centre of the municipality. The rest of the homes are scattered in the hills. B. Montadetis de Samatan was first mentioned in 1149: the Count of Comminges, Bernard II, granted it the lands of Brogal, Querillac and La Rua. In 1336, Montis Aseti, lord suzerain of the Count of Comminges, who periodically resided in Samatan, is mentioned. However, the natural mound of the Tupé was occupied as early as the Bronze Age, and prospecting gave shards of ceramics, most of them from Comminges.Although many heritage buildings (castle, watermill, windmills, etc.) have disappeared, the castle of La Busquière was saved and restored by its current private owners. The village has no industry and the only trade that existed until the early 1980s was a grocery store/café. The primary school was closed by the academy at the beginning of the 1982 school year. In the valley and in spite of the surrounding relief, most of the land is cultivated except for some wooded areas and some rare meadows. The clay and limestone soil allows an important agricultural activity shared today between 7 farmers-breeders who practice a cereal polyculture. Of note is the presence of a pig farm with processing under the Lacassagne farm (Lacomme family) whose production is on sale at the shop of the same name in Samatan.