Vic-Fezensac (; Gascon: ''Vic en Fesensac'';

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: ''Vic de Fesensac'') is a commune in the

Gers Gers (; or , ) is a departments of France, department in the regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southwestern France. Gers is bordered by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to ...

department in the Occitanie

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of Southwestern

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Geography

Localisation

Vic-Fezensac is in the

Côtes de Gascogne Côtes de Gascogne is a wine-growing district in Gascony producing principally white wine. It is mainly located in the Departments of France, département of the Gers in the former Midi-Pyrénées region (now part of the Occitanie region), and i ...

wine region.

Hydrography

The

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'' ...

flows north through the western part of the commune and forms most of its north-western border. The Osse flows north through the middle of the commune and crosses the town.

Population

Events

Vic-Fezensac is one of the last towns in France which still showcases bullfighting. The main feria takes place over the Pentecost weekend. On this occasion tens of thousands of people gather all night long over the weekend in the tiny streets of the city. It is the first big "

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" of the year in Southwestern France. Small bodegas crowded with people are open until the morning comes, "bandas" (bands of popular

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or Gascon music) goes on the streets. At the end of July the Tempo Latino salsa festival takes place. Night markets ("marchés de nuit") are also held in summer.

Notable people

Jean Castex Jean Castex (; born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020. Castex served for twelve years as mayor of the small town of ...

, born 25 June 1965, the former

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Nigel Lawson Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, (11 March 1932 – 3 April 2023) was a British politician and journalist. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Blaby in Leicestershire from 1974 to 1992, and served ...

, UK

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from 1983 to 1989, lived here in the 2000s and 2010s.

References

External links

Tourist office site
(in French) Communes of Gers Gers communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Armagnac {{Gers-geo-stub