# Montcuq > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Montcuq > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Montcuq.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montcuq > Source revision: 1357152116 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Commune in Lot, France}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Montcuq |image = Montcuq.jpg |caption = A general view of Montcuq |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Montcuq 46.svg |arrondissement = Cahors |canton = Luzech |INSEE = 46201 |postal code = 46800 |commune = Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc |coordinates = {{coord|44.3397|1.2103|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 160 |elevation min m = 135 |elevation max m = 291 |area km2 = 32.22 |population = 1220 |population date = 2018 |population footnotes = [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4989724/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018], [INSEE](/source/Institut_national_de_la_statistique_et_des_%C3%A9tudes_%C3%A9conomiques) }} '''Montcuq''' ({{IPA|fr|mɔ̃kyk}} or {{IPA|fr|mɔ̃ky|}}; [Lengadocian](/source/Lengadocian): ''Montcuc'') is a town and former [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Lot](/source/Lot_(department)) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in south-western [France](/source/France), lying {{convert|25|km}} outside [Cahors](/source/Cahors). On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of [Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc](/source/Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc).[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/10/20/INTB1525731A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 20 October 2015 Its residents are known as ''Montcuquois''. The town remains vibrant and a popular tourist destination, in part because its name, in standard French pronunciation, is [homophonic](/source/homophones) with ''mon cul'', meaning ''my arse''. Montcuq still has a rich agricultural industry, and is known for its manufacture of [meringue](/source/meringue)s and ''gaufres de Saint Daumes'' [waffle](/source/waffle)s. The town's name could derive from the [Latin](/source/Latin_language) ''Mont Circus Vallium'', ''Mont Cuneus'' or ''montem cuci'', meaning "cuckoo mountain". ==History== The town's foundation dates back to at least [Roman times](/source/Ancient_Rome). A stronghold of the [Cathars](/source/Catharism), Montcuq received its charter from [Raymond VI](/source/Raymond_VI_of_Toulouse) in the 12th century. On 1 June 1212 [Simon de Montfort](/source/Simon_de_Montfort%2C_5th_Earl_of_Leicester) took the castle after it had been deserted by its defenders, and gave it to Beaudouin, half-brother of the Count of [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse), an ally of the [Crusade](/source/Crusade)rs. On 17 February 1214 Beaudouin marched on the [Château de Lolmie](/source/Saint-Laurent-Lolmie), and after a short battle was arrested by Ratier de Castelnau, despite also being an ally of Montfort. Transported to Montcuq and deprived of food, he refused to order his soldiers to surrender. The garrison offered to surrender if their lives were spared, but they were soon massacred. Beaudouin was taken to [Montauban](/source/Montauban) and hanged at his brother's command. After the Treaty of [Meaux](/source/Meaux) in 1229, the French king rebuilt the walls of both the town and castle. Only the keep of the castle remains nowadays. The castle was retaken several times by the English during the 14th century, and in the 16th century was plundered by the [Huguenot](/source/Huguenot)s. Singer, actor and pop/rock musician [Nino Ferrer](/source/Nino_Ferrer) lived in a ''[bastide](/source/Bastide_(Proven%C3%A7al_manor))'' near Montcuq. English writer, comedian and musician [Neil Innes](/source/Neil_Innes) lived in Montcuq during the last years of his life, before dying there in December 2019. ==Geography== The village lies in the middle of the commune, above the left bank of the [Barguelonnette](/source/Barguelonnette), which flows southwestward through the commune. The [Séoune](/source/S%C3%A9oune) forms part of the commune's northern border. ==In popular culture== In a well-known skit (1976), [Daniel Prévost](/source/Daniel_Pr%C3%A9vost) in the TV show ''{{interlanguage link|Le petit rapporteur|fr}}'' animated by [Jacques Martin](/source/Jacques_Martin_(TV_host)), visited the town and joked by asking the ''Montcuquois'' questions such as: "Is Montcuq well lit? Because I've heard that it is sometimes gloomy...". In standard French, Montcuq is pronounced the same as ''mon cul'', meaning ''my arse''. However, the locals used to speak [Occitan](/source/Occitan_language) in which language, and in the local dialect even today, the 'q' is pronounced [k]. In 2007, [Hasbro](/source/Hasbro), the company that manufactures the [Monopoly](/source/Monopoly_(game)) game in France, had the idea to have the online community choose the cities that will appear on the new version of the game. Montcuq by far won the most votes (52879 votes), well ahead of [Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk) with 30640 votes and [Reims](/source/Reims) (20727 votes). Hasbro, however, decided it had "played long enough with web 2.0" and had "decided to maintain its editorial line and to develop products that fit a commercial demand", so decided to leave out Montcuq from the board game. Hasbro has nonetheless decided to issue an all-Montcuq edition. {{Cite web |date=2007-09-29 |title=Monopoly: Votez Maintenant |url=http://www.monopoly.fr/vote.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104915/http://www.monopoly.fr/vote.aspx |archive-date=2007-09-29 |access-date=2022-07-11 }}{{Cite web |date=2007-09-24 |title=Monopoly victime du plébiscite de Montcuq |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/20070924.WWW000000421_monopoly_victime_du_plebiscite_de_montcuq.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222200619/http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/20070924.WWW000000421_monopoly_victime_du_plebiscite_de_montcuq.html |archive-date=2013-02-22 |website=[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro) |language=fr}} ==See also== *[Communes of the Lot department](/source/Communes_of_the_Lot_department) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.tourisme-montcuq.com Tourist office] {{authority control}} Category:Former communes of Lot (department) Category:Quercy Category:Communes of France disestablished in 2016 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Montcuq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montcuq) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montcuq?action=history)). 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