What is Montauban?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Montauban |commune status = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |flag legend = |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Montauban - le Pont Vieux.jpg |caption = The Pont Vieux and the Ingres Museum |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|44.0181|1.3558|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Montauban |canton = Chief town of 3 cantons |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Le Grand Montauban |mayor = Brigitte Barèges |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 140 |elevation min m = 72 |elevation max m = 207 |area km2 = 135.17 |population_demonym = Montalbanais |population = 58826 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 82121 |postal code = 82000 |website = [http://www.montauban.com/ www.montauban.com] }} '''Montauban''' ({{lang-oc|Montalban}}) is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']] in the [[Tarn-et-Garonne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southern France. It is the ''[[Prefectures in France|préfecture]]'' ([[Capital city|capital]]) of the department. The town, built mainly with reddish [[brick]]s, is on the right bank of the [[Tarn (river)|Tarn]] river at its [[confluence]] with the [[Tescou]]. It was one of the fi