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Fourcès
Fourcès is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France known for its circular square. 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. Population 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 als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auzoue
The Auzoue is a long river in the Gers and Lot-et-Garonne'' départements'', southwestern France. Its source is at Bassoues. It flows generally north. It is a right tributary of the Gélise into which it flows at Mézin. ''Départements'' and communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Gers: Bassoues, Peyrusse-Grande, Cazaux-d'Anglès, Lupiac, Belmont, Castillon-Debats, Préneron, Vic-Fezensac, Lannepax, Courrensan, Gondrin, Lagraulet-du-Gers, Montréal, Fourcès *Lot-et-Garonne: Lannes, Mézin Mézin (; oc, Mesin) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south-western France. It is part of the arrondissement of Nerac. Geography The Auzoue flows into the Gélise in the commune. The Gélise forms most of the ... References Rivers of France Rivers of Gers Rivers of Lot-et-Garonne Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Gers
The following is a list of the 461 communes of the Gers department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne * Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour (partly) * Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. *Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne *Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour (partly) *Communauté de communes Armagnac Adour *Communauté de communes d'Artagnan de Fezensac *Communauté de communes Astarac Arros en Gascogne *Communauté de communes du Bas Armagnac *Communauté de communes Bastides de Lomagne *Communauté de communes Bastides et Vallons du Gers *Communauté de communes Cœur d'Astarac en Gascogne *Communauté de communes des Coteaux Arrats Gimone *Communauté de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montréal, Gers
Montréal (; historically, Montréal-du-Gers; Gascon: ''Montrejau de Gers'') is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is situated in the Gers but close to the borders with Lot-et-Garonne and Landes. It is built on a promontory on the right bank of the river Auzoue. Population The inhabitants are called ''Montréalais''. Sights In the neighbourhood are numerous old castles, medieval walled villages, small towns built around castles and many "sacred" places because the Via Podiensis and the Way of St. James of Compostela which pass through Montréal. * In the village ** The Roman Gaul villa at Séviac. ** The medieval bastide. * In the surroundings ** The bastide of Bretagne-d'Armagnac. ** The Bastide Gasconne of Fourcès. ** The city of Eauze and its Roman treasure. ** The fortified village of Larressingle. ** The museum of D'Artagnan in Lupiac. ** The Spa of Barbotan-les-Thermes in Cazaubon. ** The paleontological site discov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretagne-d'Armagnac
Bretagne-d'Armagnac 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 the Gers department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Gers {{Gers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cazaubon
Cazaubon (; Gascon: ''Casaubon'') is a commune in the Gers department of southwestern France. Besides the town of Cazaubon itself, the commune includes the adjacent spa town of Barbotan-les-Thermes. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 communes of the Gers department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Gers {{Gers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupiac
Lupiac () is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography The Auzoue forms most of the commune's southeastern border. The Douze forms the commune's western border. Population Literature Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), a captain of the Musketeers of the Guard, was born here. A fictionalized version of his life is central to ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dumas, père. Lupiac has a museum dedicated to him. 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): References Communes of Gers {{Gers-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Artagnan
Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas, ''père'', most famously including '' The Three Musketeers'' (1844). The heavily fictionalised version of d'Artagnan featured in Dumas' works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure. Early life D'Artagnan was born at the Château de Castelmore near Lupiac in south-western France. His father, Bertrand de Batz lord of Castelmore, was the son of a newly ennobled merchant, Arnaud de Batz, who purchased the Château de Castelmore. Charles de Batz went to Paris in the 1630s, using the name of his mother Françoise de Montesquiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buros
Buros (; oc, Buròs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in la nouvelle Aquitaine southwestern France. See also Masonpro9 * Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department * Buros Center for Testing Buros Center for Testing References Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larressingle
Larressingle (; oc, Larressingla) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population Sights * Château de Larressingle (c. 1250 – c. 1550), ruins *Walls *Port of Artigue *Castle *Church of St. Sigismund *Siege machines Notable people * André Adam (1936–2016), diplomat 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): References Communes of Gers Plus Beaux Villages de France[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eauze
Eauze (; Gascon: ''Eusa'') is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. History Located in the heart of south-west France, 130 kilometers from the Spanish border, Eauze is originally a proto-Basque city that became Roman. It was the capital of the Roman province of Novempopulania until the eighth century. Its Latin name, Elusa, is identical to that of a titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra. Geography Eauze is twinned with Ampuero (Spain). Climate The weather is typical of the southwestern French climate, characterized by an oceanic influence and high temperatures in summer. The annual sunshine is around 2,000 hours. In winter, frosts can be large and reach a minimum early morning temperature of -5 °C. On the other hand, summers are favorable to the strong heat and the proximity of the ocean accentuates the temperatures felt which regularly reach 35 to 38 °C. In spring and autumn, temperatures range from 12 to 27 °C. Sites o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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