Montans (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɑ̃s]) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

Situated between Lisle-sur-Tarn and Gaillac, near the A68 autoroute, the village stands at the end of a terrace overlooking the River Tarn.

Already, the Gauls were producing pottery on the site since the environment was favorable with the alluvium covering the terrace containing pockets of clay.

Following the Roman occupation, the site became in the beginning of AD one of the most important centers of pottery production in the Gallo-Roman world.

L'Archéosite is a museum and documentation center, with an exhibition of pottery from Antiquity and a reconstitution of a Gallo-Roman street and shops leading to the potter's house.