Information about Gers
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| Coat of arms of the le Gers department | |
| Location | |
| Administration | |
| Department number: | 32 |
| Region: | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Prefecture: | Auch |
| Subprefectures: | Condom Mirande |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 31 |
| Communes: | 463 |
| President of the General Council: | Philippe Martin PS |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 89th |
| -1999 | 172,335 |
| Population density: | 28/km |
| Land area: | 6257 km |
| French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km. | |
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The Gers (French: le Gers, Occitan: Gers) is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.
History
In the Middle Ages, the Lordship of L'Isle-Jourdain was nearby.The Gers is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.
Geography
Located in southwestern France, the Gers is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region. It is surrounded by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The Gers is often referred to as amongst the least densely populated, or most rural, areas in all of Western Europe.Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called les Gersois.Culture
The culture is largely agricultural, with great emphasis on the local gastronomical specialties such as foie gras, Armagnac brandy and wild mushrooms.The Gascon language is a dialect of Occitan, but it is not widely spoken.
There has been a heavy influence of waves of both British and Spanish immigrants.
Tourism
Between Toulouse and Bordeaux, in the South West of France, the Gers, heart of Gascony, welcomes you.Country of d’Artagnan and the musketeers, our department holds the key to a charming stay in the countryside. It offers rolling and luminous landscapes, flavours and tones of character, a philosophy of the time, a culture of delight to all the senses, leisure activities propitious for recharging one’s batteries and tourism to be discovered all year round from fortified towns to fortified towns.
Through the magic of its traditional fairs, festivals and areas of light full of discoveries, the Gers in Gascony opens its doors to you.
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See also
- Cantons of the Gers department
- Communes of the Gers department
- Arrondissements of the Gers department
External links
- (French) General Council website
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) Good Website on Gascony and the Gers
- (French) http://www.gers-gascogne.com/fr/default.asp
- Welcome to the Gers in Gascony http://www.tourisme-gers.com/gers-vacances/uk/home.asp
- (French) Gers Guide - Votre guide internet / annuaire de recherche sur le Gers et la Gascogne.
- (French) Gers net - Moteur de recherche gersois.
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Auch
Cathedral and town center of Auch standing on top of the antique oppidum
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Longitude 00° 35' 21" E
Latitude 43° 38' 47" N
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Cathedral and town center of Auch standing on top of the antique oppidum
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Condom
Condom Cathedral
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Longitude 00° 22' 25" E
Latitude 43° 57' 30" N
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Condom
Condom Cathedral
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Latitude 43° 57' 30" N
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Mirande
Town hall of Mirande
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Longitude 0.2418
Latitude 43.3056
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Mirande
Town hall of Mirande
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2 Paris 2,164,000 105 20,605
4 Rhône 1,646,000 3,249 507
6 Seine-Saint-Denis 1,459,000 236 6,182
8 Yvelines 1,395,000 2,284 611
10 Val-de-Marne 1,279,000 245 5,220
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8 Yvelines 1,395,000 2,284 611
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Official language of: Officially recognised in Catalonia, Spain, as Occitan.
Regulated by: Conselh de la Lenga Occitana
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ISO 639-1: oc
ISO 639-2: oci
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Official language of: Officially recognised in Catalonia, Spain, as Occitan.
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Origin Pyrenees foothills
Mouth Garonne
Basin countries France
Length 178 km
Avg. discharge 9 m³/s
Basin area 1,230 km² The Gers (Occitan: Gers
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L'Isle-Jourdain was a lordship and then county near Gers in Gascony during the High Middle Ages. It took its name, Jourdain, from its crusading baron who was baptised in the River Jordan on the First Crusade. Its last count sold the fief to the King of France.
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