GERS INFORMATION
GERS 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, in the region of Aquitaine by the departments of 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.
GERS 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.
The inhabitants of the department are called les Gersois.
The culture is largely agricultural, with great emphasis on the local gastronomical specialties such as:
- Côtes de Gascogne,
- Floc de Gascogne,
- foie gras,
- and wild mushrooms.
Also, some prominent cultivated crops are corn, colza, sunflowers and grain.
The Gascon language is a dialect of Occitan, but it is not widely spoken.The department is characterised by sleepy bastide villages and rolling hills with the Pyrenees visible to the south.
Alexandre Dumas, père created the famous Gersois d'Artagnan, the fourth musketeer of The Three Musketeers. A museum to d'Artagnan is found in the Gersois village of Lupiac.
André Boingnères, former mayor of Termes-d'Armagnac in the 1960s.
GERS Demography
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.
GERS Climate
The annual rain varies from more than 900 mm in the south-west of the department, to less than 700 mm in the North-East (Auch, Condom, Lectoure).
The winters vary, with often negative temperatures, but the climate remains soft all the same and dry, the department is one of sunniest of France.
The summers are very hot and dry, the temperatures often is exceeding 40°. Auch is together with Toulouse and Millau one of the hottest cities of France, with often more than 300 sunny days in the year.
GERS Tourism
According to recent data tourism represents annually:
610 000 tourists,
5.900.000 nights,
22.100 commercial beds,
2 400 paid employment related to tourism,
the tourist represent an equivalent of 17.100 permanent inhabitants,
their estimated expenditure is 141.000.000 €.
GERS Administration
Department number : 32
Region : Midi-Pyrénées
Prefecture : Auch
Subprefectures : Condom, Mirande
Arrondissements : 3
Cantons : 31
Communes : 463
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