Ansan (Gers)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Also | |
| Canton | Also-2 | |
| Community association | Coteaux Arrats Gimone | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 47 ′ E | |
| height | 138-212 m | |
| surface | 7.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 78 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32270 | |
| INSEE code | 32002 | |
.jpg) Saint-Lizier church |
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Ansan ( Gaskognisch same name) is a French commune with 78 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the municipality association Coteaux Arrats Gimone . Its inhabitants call themselves Ansannais / Ansannaises .
geography
Ansan is located around 16 kilometers northeast of the city. Also in the east of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Ansan, a few groups of houses and individual farmsteads. The Arrats crosses the municipality and partially forms a natural municipality boundary. In terms of traffic, the community is located on the D172 a few kilometers north of the N124 .
history
In the early Middle Ages, the place was in the county of Fezensac. Later then within the county of Haut-Armagnac, which was part of the province of Gascony. Ansan as it is today was built as a fortified place (Castelnau) next to a fortress. The community belonged to the District of Auch from 1793 to 1801. In addition, Ansan was within the Canton of Gimont from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality has been assigned to the arrondissement Auch since 1801.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1821 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 315 | 373 | 212 | 171 | 134 | 118 | 101 | 80 | 68 | 63 | 90 | 78 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Lizier village church
- Memorial to the Fallen
- several wayside crosses and a statue of the Madonna
