Montolieu

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Montolieu
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°18′36″N 2°12′57″E / 43.31°N 2.2158°E / 43.31; 2.2158
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Carcassonne
Canton	La Malepère à la Montagne Noire
Intercommunality	Carcassonne Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Lauret[1]
Area 1	23.65 km2 (9.13 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	828
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11253 /11170
Elevation	123–407 m (404–1,335 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
Website	montolieu-livre.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montolieu (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɔljø] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Montoliu) is a commune in the Aude department of southern France.

Sometimes referred to as the "Village of Books", Montolieu contains fifteen bookshops^{[as of?]}, mostly specializing in secondhand and antique books.^[3][4] Many artists also live and work in Montolieu, with five workshops^{[as of?]} and galleries of painters and sculptors and three photographers' studios^{[as of?]}. The commune also contains a cactus garden, the Cactuseraie d'Escaïre-Figue. In 1990, Michel Braibant, a bookbinder in Carcassonne, came up with the idea of a Village of Books in Montolieu, inspired by the Welsh Hay-on-Wye.^[3] He created the association Montolieu Village du Livre and founded the Musée des Arts & Métiers du Livre ("museum of book arts & crafts).^[4]

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