Les problèmes de développement de Montauban

Problems of urban development in Montauban (Tarn-et- Garonne). Montauban is the example of a town with a predominating administrative function, in a rural department whose economic future is uncertain. The poor dynamism of the labour market, the increasing integration of Montauban to the whole country by the migratory currents, curb the urban growth ; the cause of the recent development of the job market lies in the progression of urban activities and services, linked to the generalisation of national consumption systems. But signs of saturation are appearing. For lack of new impulses, will Montauban be nothing but a district of Toulouse suburbs ?Problems of urban development in Montauban (Tarn-et- Garonne). Montauban is the example of a town with a predominating administrative function, in a rural department whose economic future is uncertain. The poor dynamism of the labour market, the increasing integration of Montauban to the whole country by the migratory currents, curb the urban growth ; the cause of the recent development of the job market lies in the progression of urban activities and services, linked to the generalisation of national consumption systems. But signs of saturation are appearing. For lack of new impulses, will Montauban be nothing but a district of Toulouse suburbs ?Idrac Michel. Les problèmes de développement de Montauban. In: Revue géographique des Pyrénées et du Sud-Ouest, tome 44, fascicule 4, 1973. Villes moyennes. pp. 397-414