Canton Of Auch-3
The canton of Auch-3 is an administrative division of the Gers department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Auch. It consists of the following communes: #Auch (partly) # Auterive # Boucagnères #Durban # Haulies # Lasseube-Propre #Orbessan #Ornézan #Pessan #Sansan Sansan may refer to: *Sansan, Gers, commune in the Gers department, France *Sansan, Iran Sansiz ( fa, سانسيز, also Romanized as Sānsīz; also known as Kishlak, Qeshlāq-e Bālā, Qishlāq, Sānsan, Sānsez, Sānsūr, and Sānsūz) is a vill ... References Cantons of Gers {{Gers-geo-stub ...
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Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments ( departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in more than one canton, since the cantons – in marked contrast to the communes, which have between more than two million i ...
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Gers
Gers (; oc, Gers or , ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southwestern France. Named after the Gers River, its inhabitants are called the ''Gersois'' and ''Gersoises'' in French. In 2019, it had a population of 191,377.Populations légales 2019: 32 Gers
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In the , the Lordship of L'Isle-Jourdain was nearby. Gers is one of the original 83 departments created during the

Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of ...
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Auch
Auch (; oc, label= Gascon, Aush ) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony. Geography Localization Hydrography The River Gers flows through the town. Transportation Auch is well connected to nearby cities and towns such as Agen, Toulouse and Tarbes by Routes Nationales and by train to Toulouse. Climate History and population Auch is a very ancient town, whose settlement was noted by the Romans during their conquest of the area in the . At that time, it was settled by an Aquitanian tribe known to the Romans as the Ausci. Their name for the town was Climberrum" or Elimberris. This has been tentatively etymologized from the Iberian ''iltir'' ("town, oppidum") and a cognate of the Basque ''berri'' ("new"), although another Iberian settlement in Granada recorded by the Romans as "Iliberi" probably had no contact with proto-Basque speaking pe ...
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Auterive, Gers
Auterive (; oc, Autarriba) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 Communes of France, communes of the Gers Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Boucagnères
Boucagnères (; oc, Bocanhera) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. It is situated near the river Gers, between Auch, the capital city of Gers, and Seissan, on the road D 929 in southern direction to Lannemezan. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 Communes of France, communes of the Gers Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Durban, Gers
Durban () (''Durban'' in Gascon) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France in the Occitanie Region. Historically and culturally, the town is in the country of Astarac, a territory in the very hilly south of Gers, with clay soil, which runs along the Plateau de Lannemezan. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Sousson, the Cédon and various other small rivers. The town has a remarkable natural heritage made up of three natural areas of ecological, faunal and floristic interest. Durban is a rural commune with 138 inhabitants en 2019, after experiencing a population peak of 531 inhabitants in 1831. It is located near Auch. Its inhabitants are called Durbannais or Durbannaises. Buildings and monuments The Moat and ruins of the chateau of the Counts of Astarac. The remains include 14 m long room, in which are four open arches, two of which are in good condition, all located behind a curtain wall 2  m thick. The very short west curtain w ...
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Haulies
Haulies (; oc, Haulias) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 Communes of France, communes of the Gers Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Lasseube-Propre
Lasseube-Propre (; oc, La Seuva Pròpra) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 Communes of France, communes of the Gers Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Orbessan
Orbessan () is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Localisation Orbessan is located 13 km south of Auch and 6 km north of Seissan, along the Gers river. Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 Communes of France, communes of the Gers Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Ornézan
Ornézan (; oc, Ornesan) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Localisation Ornézan is located 16 km south of Auch and 2 km north of Seissan, along the Gers river. Toponymy Ornézan finds its origin in the Latin patronymic name ''Ornatius'', followed by the suffix ''-anum'', designing a property of which a man named Ornatius must have been the owner in the times of Roman Gaul. The village is later known in Latin as ''Ornezanus'' and ''Ornesan'' in Gascon, before becoming ''Ornézan'' in French. Government and politics Mayors Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 Communes of France, communes of the Gers Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):