Fourcès
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Location within Occitanie region ![]() ![]() Fourcès | ||
Coordinates: 43°59′38″N 0°13′51″E / 43.9938°N 0.2308°ECoordinates: 43°59′38″N 0°13′51″E / 43.9938°N 0.2308°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Occitanie | |
Department | Gers | |
Arrondissement | Condom | |
Canton | Montréal | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Daniel Bellot | |
Area1 | 23.72 km2 (9.16 sq mi) | |
Population (2008)2 | 290 | |
• Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 32133 / 32250 | |
Elevation |
64–180 m (210–591 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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View of Fourcès
Fourcès is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France known for its circular place.
Geography
Fourcès lies near Castelnau-d'Auzan and Montréal.
The Auzoue flows north through the middle of the commune. The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the left bank of the Auzoue.
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Fourcès and its surrounding communes
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 532 | — |
1968 | 468 | −12.0% |
1975 | 372 | −20.5% |
1982 | 356 | −4.3% |
1990 | 324 | −9.0% |
1999 | 277 | −14.5% |
2008 | 290 | +4.7% |
Sights
Fourcès is a typical medieval bastide, a little village where the houses are built in a circle to allow a proper defence.
The following are notable sights:
- The arena for the course Landaise for example in Castelnau-d'Auzan.
- Old Armagnac caves.
- The bastide of Bretagne-d'Armagnac.
- The Bastide Gasconne of Fourcès.
- The city of Montréal-du-Gers with a medieval bastide.
- The city of Eauze and its Roman treasure.
- The fortified village of Larressingle.
- The Gallo-Roman villa of Séviac, in Montréal-du-Gers.
- The Ganaderia de Buros.
- The museum of D'Artagnan in Lupiac.
- The Spa of Barbotan-les-Thermes in Cazaubon.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fourcès. |
- Location of the commune (map with scale 1:100.000) on Mapquest
- More statistitical information concerning the commune on www.insee.fr
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